萬代

Chinese

ten thousand; a great number; surname
 
substitute; replace; generation
substitute; replace; generation; dynasty; geological era; era; age; period
trad. (萬代) 萬 代
simp. (万代) 万 代

Pronunciation


Note: mān-tāi - with instance of nasal assimilation on syllable initial/s usually from a previous term's final syllable's nasal ending.

Rime
Character 萬 代
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 元 (66) 咍 (41)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) III I
Fanqie 無販切 徒耐切
Baxter mjonH dojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mʉɐnH/ /dʌiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/mʷiɐnH/ /dəiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/miuɐnH/ /dɒiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/muanH/ /dəjH/
Li
Rong
/miuɐnH/ /dᴀiH/
Wang
Li
/mĭwɐnH/ /dɒiH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/mi̯wɐnH/ /dʱɑ̆iH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
wàn dài
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
maan6 doi6

Noun

萬代

  1. (literary) ten thousand generations; forever

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (萬代):
  • → Japanese: 万代(ばんだい) (bandai)
  • → Korean: 만대(萬代) (mandae)

See also

Adverb

萬代

  1. (Xiamen, Quanzhou and Philippine Hokkien) extremely; very

Synonyms

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