萬千

Chinese

		ten thousand; a great number; surname	thousand
trad. (萬千)		萬	千
simp. (万千)		万	千
anagram		千萬／千万

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wànqiān

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˋ ㄑㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶ cin¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): van-chhiên
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bān-chhian

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wànqiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄑㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wàncian
  - Wade–Giles: wan⁴-chʻien¹
  - Yale: wàn-chyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wannchian
  - Palladius: ваньцянь (vanʹcjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: maan⁶ cin¹
  - Yale: maahn chīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶ tsin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: man⁶ qin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn²² t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: van-chhiên
  - Hakka Romanization System: van qien´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: van⁴ qian¹
  - Sinological IPA: /van⁵⁵ t͡sʰi̯en²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān-chhian
  - Tâi-lô: bān-tshian
  - Phofsit Daibuun: baxnchiefn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ban²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ban⁴¹⁻²² t͡sʰiɛn³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ban²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ban³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴/

Adjective

萬千

many; numerous; multitudinous
- 德元看文字，卻能記其緊要處。有萬千人看文字者，卻不能於緊要處理會，只於瑣細處用工。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  德元看文字，却能记其紧要处。有万千人看文字者，却不能于紧要处理会，只于琐细处用工。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Various editors, Collected Conversations of Master Zhu, c. 13^th century CE
  Déyuán kàn wénzì, què néng jì qí jǐnyào chù. Yǒu wànqiān rén kàn wénzì zhě, què bùnéng yú jǐnyào chù lǐhuì, zhǐ yú suǒxì chù yònggōng. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
multifarious
- 朝暉夕陰，氣象萬千。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  朝晖夕阴，气象万千。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 1046, 范仲淹 (Fan Zhongyan), 岳陽樓記
  Zhāo huī xī yīn, qìxiàng wànqiān. [Pinyin]
  It is brilliant in the early morning and gloomy at nightfall, or vice versa; the scenery is ever-changing.

Derived terms

儀態萬千／仪态万千
感慨萬千／感慨万千
氣象萬千／气象万千 (qìxiàngwànqiān)

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