萬萬

萬萬

1. absolutely (not)

   金錢不是萬能的，但沒錢是萬萬不能的。 [MSC, trad.]
   金钱不是万能的，但没钱是万万不能的。 [MSC, simp.]

   Jīnqián bù shì wànnéng de, dàn méi qián shì wànwàn bù néng de. [Pinyin]

   Money can't do everything, but you certainly can't do everything without money.

   她萬萬沒想到她的阿姨是殺手。 [MSC, trad.]
   她万万没想到她的阿姨是杀手。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā wànwàn méi xiǎngdào tā de āyí shì shāshǒu. [Pinyin]

   She never suspected for a minute that her aunty was a killer.

   恐怕搬家是萬萬不行的。 [MSC, trad.]
   恐怕搬家是万万不行的。 [MSC, simp.]

   Kǒngpà bānjiā shì wànwàn bùxíng de. [Pinyin]

   Unfortunately, moving is out of the question.

• This adverb is almost always followed by a negative expression.

• 絕對／绝对 (juéduì)
• 絕／绝 (jué)
• 千萬／千万 (qiānwàn)
• (Cantonese) 千祈 (cin1 kei4)
• (Hokkien) 千千 (sian-sian)

萬萬

1. (rare) hundred million

   • 中國是一個龐大的國家，就是日本能佔領中國一萬萬至二萬萬人口的區域，我們離戰敗還很遠呢。 [MSC, trad.]
     中国是一个庞大的国家，就是日本能占领中国一万万至二万万人口的区域，我们离战败还很远呢。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1938, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論持久戰》 (On Protracted War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Zhōngguó shì yīge pángdà de guójiā, jiùshì Rìběn néng zhànlǐng Zhōngguó yī wànwàn zhì èr wànwàn rénkǒu de qūyù, wǒmen lí zhànbài hái hěn yuǎn ne. [Pinyin]

     China is a vast country, and even if Japan should succeed in occupying a section of China with as many as 100 to 200 million people, we would still be far from defeated.

2. (rare) thousand myriads

   • 斬輕銳之卒，以萬萬計。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     斩轻锐之卒，以万万计。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Ruan Ji (阮籍), 《為鄭衝勸晉王箋》

     Zhǎn qīng ruì zhī zú, yǐ wànwàn jì. [Pinyin]

     The soldiers' beheading lighweight spears, numbering in a thousand myriads.

3. (figurative) numbers of; large quantities of; great deal of

• (hundred million): 億／亿 (yì)
• (numbers of):