萬里

See also: 万里

Chinese

		ten thousand; a great number; surname	li, a Chinese unit of length
trad. (萬里)		萬	里
simp. (万里)		万	里
Literally: “10,000 li”.

Etymology

From the idiomatic sense of 萬／万 (wàn) as any uncountable or unimaginably large number.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wànlǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˋ ㄌㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶ lei⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): van-lî
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bān-lí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wànlǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄌㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wànlǐ
  - Wade–Giles: wan⁴-li³
  - Yale: wàn-lǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wannlii
  - Palladius: ваньли (vanʹli)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: maan⁶ lei⁵
  - Yale: maahn léih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶ lei⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: man⁶ léi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn²² lei̯¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: van-lî
  - Hakka Romanization System: van li´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: van⁴ li¹
  - Sinological IPA: /van⁵⁵ li²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān-lí
  - Tâi-lô: bān-lí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: baxnlie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ban²²⁻²¹ li⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ban⁴¹⁻²² li⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ban²²⁻²¹ li⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ban³³⁻¹¹ li⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban³³⁻²¹ li⁴¹/

Noun

萬里

(figurative) an immeasurably long distance; very long distance
(Hong Kong Cantonese slang) a necklace

Derived terms

不遠萬里／不远万里 (bùyuǎnwànlǐ)
乘長風破萬里浪／乘长风破万里浪
前程萬里
咫尺萬里
封侯萬里
懸旌萬里／悬旌万里
明見萬里／明见万里
明鑒萬里／明鉴万里
晴空萬里 (qíngkōngwànlǐ)
相去萬里
萬里之望
萬里侯
萬里同風／万里同风
萬里封侯
萬里江山
萬里無雲／万里无云 (wànlǐwúyún)
萬里迢迢
萬里長城／万里长城 (Wànlǐ Chángchéng)
萬里鵬程／万里鹏程
萬里鵬翼／万里鹏翼
行萬里路，讀萬卷書／行万里路，读万卷书
讀萬卷書，行萬里路／读万卷书，行万里路 (dú wàn juàn shū, xíng wàn lǐ lù)
長風萬里／长风万里
離題萬里／离题万里 (lítíwànlǐ)
鵬程萬里／鹏程万里 (péngchéngwànlǐ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (萬里):

→ Japanese: 万(ばん)里(り) (banri)
→ Korean: 만리(萬里) (malli)
→ Vietnamese: vạn lý (萬里)

See also

千里 (qiānlǐ)

Proper noun

萬里

(～區) Wanli (a district of New Taipei, Taiwan)
(～里) An urban village in Wanli district, New Taipei, Taiwan

Japanese

Kanji in this term
萬	里
ばん Jinmeiyō	り Grade: 2
on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 萬里 – see the following entry.

【万里ばんり】

[noun] 10000 li, or 5000 km

[noun] (figuratively) very long distance, immeasurable distances

(This term, 萬里, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

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