"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, Sinological-IPA], /maːn²² lei̯¹³ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ sɪŋ²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /van⁵⁵ li²⁴ t͡sʰoŋ¹¹ saŋ¹¹/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /uaŋ²⁴²⁻⁵³ ⁽ˡ⁻⁾nˡi³³ tuoŋ⁵³⁻³³ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾niaŋ⁵³/ [Fuzhou, Sinological-IPA], /ban²¹ li⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ tŋ̍²³⁻²¹ siã²³/ [Hokkien, Penang], /ban³³⁻²¹ li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tŋ̍²³⁻³³ siã²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /ban³³⁻¹¹ li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ siã²⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /ɡuan⁵³⁻¹¹ li²¹ t͡sʰaŋ¹¹ t͡sʰin¹¹/ [Hokkien], /wän⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/, /maːn²² lei̯¹³ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ sɪŋ²¹/, /van⁵⁵ li²⁴ t͡sʰoŋ¹¹ saŋ¹¹/, /uaŋ²⁴²⁻⁵³ ⁽ˡ⁻⁾nˡi³³ tuoŋ⁵³⁻³³ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾niaŋ⁵³/, /ban²¹ li⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ tŋ̍²³⁻²¹ siã²³/, /ban³³⁻²¹ li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tŋ̍²³⁻³³ siã²³/, /ban³³⁻¹¹ li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ siã²⁴/, /ɡuan⁵³⁻¹¹ li²¹ t͡sʰaŋ¹¹ t͡sʰin¹¹/ Chinese transliterations: Wànlǐ Chángchéng [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄨㄢˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄔㄤˊ ㄔㄥˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], maan⁶ lei⁵ coeng⁴ sing⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], Van-lî Chhòng-sàng [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], Uâng-lī Diòng-siàng, Bān-lí Tn̂g-siâⁿ, Goǎn-lí Chhâng-chhîn, Wànlǐ Chángchéng [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], Wànlǐ Chángchéng [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], Wan⁴-li³ Chʻang²-chʻêng² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], Wàn-lǐ Cháng-chéng [Mandarin, Yale], Wannlii Charngcherng [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], Ваньли Чанчэн [Mandarin, Palladius], Vanʹli Čančɛn [Mandarin, Palladius], maahn léih chèuhng sìhng [Cantonese, Yale], maan⁶ lei⁵ tsoeng⁴ sing⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], man⁶ léi⁵ cêng⁴ xing⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], Van-lî Chhòng-sàng [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], van li´ congˇ sangˇ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], van⁴ li¹ cong² sang² [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], Uâng-lī Diòng-siàng [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou], Bān-lí Tn̂g-siâⁿ [Hokkien, POJ], Bān-lí Tn̂g-siânn [Hokkien, Tai-lo], baxnlie dngsviaa [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], Goǎn-lí Chhâng-chhîn [Hokkien, POJ], Guǎn-lí Tshâng-tshîn [Hokkien, Tai-lo]
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”. Etymology templates: {{m|zh|萬}} 萬/万 (wàn) Head templates: {{head|zh|proper noun}} 萬里長城
  1. Great Wall of China Categories (place): China Synonyms: 長城/长城 (Chángchéng), 長城 (Chángchéng), 长城 (Chángchéng)
    Sense id: en-萬里長城-zh-name-6A5OPcIf Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header

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      "tags": [
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        "bopomofo"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄢˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄔㄤˊ ㄔㄥˊ"
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        "Jyutping"
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        "Sixian"
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      "zh-pron": "Uâng-lī Diòng-siàng"
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    {
      "zh-pron": "Bān-lí Tn̂g-siâⁿ"
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      "tags": [
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      "zh-pron": "Wan⁴-li³ Chʻang²-chʻêng²"
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      "zh-pron": "Wannlii Charngcherng"
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        "Palladius"
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      "zh-pron": "Vanʹli Čančɛn"
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    {
      "ipa": "/wän⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/",
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        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
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      "zh-pron": "maahn léih chèuhng sìhng"
    },
    {
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        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
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      "zh-pron": "maan⁶ lei⁵ tsoeng⁴ sing⁴"
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    {
      "tags": [
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        "Guangdong-Romanization"
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      "ipa": "/maːn²² lei̯¹³ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ sɪŋ²¹/",
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        "Sinological-IPA"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
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      "zh-pron": "Van-lî Chhòng-sàng"
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        "Meinong",
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        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
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      "zh-pron": "van⁴ li¹ cong² sang²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/van⁵⁵ li²⁴ t͡sʰoŋ¹¹ saŋ¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Uâng-lī Diòng-siàng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/uaŋ²⁴²⁻⁵³ ⁽ˡ⁻⁾nˡi³³ tuoŋ⁵³⁻³³ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾niaŋ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Bān-lí Tn̂g-siâⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Bān-lí Tn̂g-siânn"
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    {
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        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Penang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ban³³⁻²¹ li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tŋ̍²³⁻³³ siã²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ban³³⁻¹¹ li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ siã²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Goǎn-lí Chhâng-chhîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Guǎn-lí Tshâng-tshîn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡuan⁵³⁻¹¹ li²¹ t͡sʰaŋ¹¹ t͡sʰin¹¹/",
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        "Hokkien"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/wän⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/maːn²² lei̯¹³ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ sɪŋ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/van⁵⁵ li²⁴ t͡sʰoŋ¹¹ saŋ¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/uaŋ²⁴²⁻⁵³ ⁽ˡ⁻⁾nˡi³³ tuoŋ⁵³⁻³³ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾niaŋ⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ban²¹ li⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ tŋ̍²³⁻²¹ siã²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ban³³⁻²¹ li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tŋ̍²³⁻³³ siã²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ban³³⁻¹¹ li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ siã²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡuan⁵³⁻¹¹ li²¹ t͡sʰaŋ¹¹ t͡sʰin¹¹/"
    }
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      "zh-pron": "Wànlǐ Chángchéng"
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
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        "Jyutping"
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        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Van-lî Chhòng-sàng"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "Uâng-lī Diòng-siàng"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "Bān-lí Tn̂g-siâⁿ"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "Goǎn-lí Chhâng-chhîn"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Wànlǐ Chángchéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Wànlǐ Chángchéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Wan⁴-li³ Chʻang²-chʻêng²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Wàn-lǐ Cháng-chéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Wannlii Charngcherng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Ваньли Чанчэн"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Vanʹli Čančɛn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wän⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/",
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        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "maahn léih chèuhng sìhng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "maan⁶ lei⁵ tsoeng⁴ sing⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "man⁶ léi⁵ cêng⁴ xing⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/maːn²² lei̯¹³ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ sɪŋ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Van-lî Chhòng-sàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "van li´ congˇ sangˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "van⁴ li¹ cong² sang²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/van⁵⁵ li²⁴ t͡sʰoŋ¹¹ saŋ¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Uâng-lī Diòng-siàng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/uaŋ²⁴²⁻⁵³ ⁽ˡ⁻⁾nˡi³³ tuoŋ⁵³⁻³³ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾niaŋ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Bān-lí Tn̂g-siâⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Bān-lí Tn̂g-siânn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "baxnlie dngsviaa"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ban²¹ li⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ tŋ̍²³⁻²¹ siã²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Penang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ban³³⁻²¹ li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tŋ̍²³⁻³³ siã²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ban³³⁻¹¹ li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ siã²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Goǎn-lí Chhâng-chhîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Guǎn-lí Tshâng-tshîn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡuan⁵³⁻¹¹ li²¹ t͡sʰaŋ¹¹ t͡sʰin¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wän⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/maːn²² lei̯¹³ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ sɪŋ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/van⁵⁵ li²⁴ t͡sʰoŋ¹¹ saŋ¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/uaŋ²⁴²⁻⁵³ ⁽ˡ⁻⁾nˡi³³ tuoŋ⁵³⁻³³ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾niaŋ⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ban²¹ li⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ tŋ̍²³⁻²¹ siã²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ban³³⁻²¹ li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tŋ̍²³⁻³³ siã²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ban³³⁻¹¹ li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ siã²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡuan⁵³⁻¹¹ li²¹ t͡sʰaŋ¹¹ t͡sʰin¹¹/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "Chángchéng",
      "word": "長城/长城"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Chángchéng",
      "word": "長城"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Chángchéng",
      "word": "长城"
    }
  ],
  "word": "萬里長城"
}

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