"萬里長城" meaning in Chinese

See 萬里長城 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /wän⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /maːn²² lei̯¹³ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ sɪŋ²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /van⁵⁵ li²⁴ t͡sʰoŋ¹¹ saŋ¹¹/ [Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli, Neipu, Sinological-IPA], /uaŋ²⁴²⁻⁵³ ⁽ˡ⁻⁾nˡi³³ tuoŋ⁵³⁻³³ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾niaŋ⁵³/ [Min-Dong, Fuzhou, Sinological-IPA], /ban²¹ li⁴⁴⁵⁻⁴⁴ tŋ̍²³⁻²¹ siã²³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Penang, IPA], /ban³³⁻²¹ li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tŋ̍²³⁻³³ siã²³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Penang, IPA, Kaohsiung], /ban³³⁻¹¹ li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ siã²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Penang, IPA, Taipei], /ɡuan⁵³⁻¹¹ li²¹ t͡sʰaŋ¹¹ t͡sʰin¹¹/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA] Forms: 万里长城 [Simplified-Chinese]
Etymology: From the idiomatic sense of 萬 /万 (wàn) as any uncountable or unimaginably large number. As a whole the name, translated literally, means “10,000-li long wall”. Head templates: {{head|zh|proper noun}} 萬里長城
  1. Great Wall of China Synonyms: 長城 (Chángchéng), 长城 (Chángchéng)
    Sense id: en-萬里長城-zh-name-6A5OPcIf Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, China
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  "forms": [
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      "args": {
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      },
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "10,000-li long wall",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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        },
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          "word": "长城"
        }
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "Wànlǐ Chángchéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨㄢˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄔㄤˊ ㄔㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "maan⁶ lei⁵ coeng⁴ sing⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "Van-lî Chhòng-sàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Foochow-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "Uâng-lī Diòng-siàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "Bān-lí Tn̂g-siâⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "Goǎn-lí Chhâng-chhîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "Wànlǐ Chángchéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨㄢˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄔㄤˊ ㄔㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "Wànlǐ Chángchéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "Wan⁴-li³ Chʻang²-chʻêng²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "Wàn-lǐ Cháng-chéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "Wannlii Charngcherng"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Vanʹli Čančɛn",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "Ваньли Чанчэн"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wän⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "maan⁶ lei⁵ coeng⁴ sing⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "maahn léih chèuhng sìhng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "maan⁶ lei⁵ tsoeng⁴ sing⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "man⁶ léi⁵ cêng⁴ xing⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/maːn²² lei̯¹³ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ sɪŋ²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "Van-lî Chhòng-sàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "van^(liˊ) cong^ˇ sang^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "van⁴ li¹ cong² sang²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/van⁵⁵ li²⁴ t͡sʰoŋ¹¹ saŋ¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Fuzhou",
        "Foochow-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "Uâng-lī Diòng-siàng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/uaŋ²⁴²⁻⁵³ ⁽ˡ⁻⁾nˡi³³ tuoŋ⁵³⁻³³ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾niaŋ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Penang",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "Bān-lí Tn̂g-siâⁿ"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Penang",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "Bān-lí Tn̂g-siânn"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Penang",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "baxnlie dngsviaa"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ban²¹ li⁴⁴⁵⁻⁴⁴ tŋ̍²³⁻²¹ siã²³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Penang",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ban³³⁻²¹ li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tŋ̍²³⁻³³ siã²³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Penang",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ban³³⁻¹¹ li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ siã²⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Penang",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Longyan"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "Goǎn-lí Chhâng-chhîn"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Longyan"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "Guǎn-lí Tshâng-tshîn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡuan⁵³⁻¹¹ li²¹ t͡sʰaŋ¹¹ t͡sʰin¹¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Longyan",
        "Longyan"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "萬里長城"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "From the idiomatic sense of 萬 /万 (wàn) as any uncountable or unimaginably large number. As a whole the name, translated literally, means “10,000-li long wall”.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "万里长城",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "proper noun"
      },
      "expansion": "萬里長城",
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        "Chinese terms spelled with 萬",
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        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Eastern Min lemmas",
        "Eastern Min proper nouns",
        "Hakka lemmas",
        "Hakka proper nouns",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Hokkien proper nouns",
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        "Mandarin proper nouns",
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      "links": [
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          "Great Wall of China"
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "Wànlǐ Chángchéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨㄢˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄔㄤˊ ㄔㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "maan⁶ lei⁵ coeng⁴ sing⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "Van-lî Chhòng-sàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Foochow-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "Uâng-lī Diòng-siàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "Bān-lí Tn̂g-siâⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "Goǎn-lí Chhâng-chhîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "Wànlǐ Chángchéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨㄢˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄔㄤˊ ㄔㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "Wànlǐ Chángchéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "Wan⁴-li³ Chʻang²-chʻêng²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "Wàn-lǐ Cháng-chéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "Wannlii Charngcherng"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Vanʹli Čančɛn",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "Ваньли Чанчэн"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wän⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "maan⁶ lei⁵ coeng⁴ sing⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "maahn léih chèuhng sìhng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "maan⁶ lei⁵ tsoeng⁴ sing⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "man⁶ léi⁵ cêng⁴ xing⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/maːn²² lei̯¹³ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ sɪŋ²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "Van-lî Chhòng-sàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "van^(liˊ) cong^ˇ sang^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "van⁴ li¹ cong² sang²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/van⁵⁵ li²⁴ t͡sʰoŋ¹¹ saŋ¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Fuzhou",
        "Foochow-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "Uâng-lī Diòng-siàng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/uaŋ²⁴²⁻⁵³ ⁽ˡ⁻⁾nˡi³³ tuoŋ⁵³⁻³³ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾niaŋ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Penang",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "Bān-lí Tn̂g-siâⁿ"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Penang",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "Bān-lí Tn̂g-siânn"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Penang",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "baxnlie dngsviaa"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ban²¹ li⁴⁴⁵⁻⁴⁴ tŋ̍²³⁻²¹ siã²³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Penang",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ban³³⁻²¹ li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tŋ̍²³⁻³³ siã²³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Penang",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ban³³⁻¹¹ li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ siã²⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Penang",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Longyan"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "Goǎn-lí Chhâng-chhîn"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Longyan"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "Guǎn-lí Tshâng-tshîn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡuan⁵³⁻¹¹ li²¹ t͡sʰaŋ¹¹ t͡sʰin¹¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Longyan",
        "Longyan"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "Chángchéng",
      "word": "長城"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Chángchéng",
      "word": "长城"
    }
  ],
  "word": "萬里長城"
}

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