"van" meaning in Chinese

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Noun

IPA: /wɛːn⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /wɛːn⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: wen¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], colloquial sounds not defined [Cantonese, Yale], wen¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], colloquial sounds not defined [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: From English van. Etymology templates: {{bor|yue|en|van}} English van Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} van
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, often in compounds) van; minibus; vehicle (Classifier: 架 c) Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong, in-compounds, often Synonyms: 灣/湾 (wān), (wān), (wān), 𨋍 Derived forms: van仔 (wen1 zai2) [Cantonese], 客貨van [Cantonese], 客货van [Cantonese], 紅van (english: hung4 wen1) [Cantonese], 红van (english: hung4 wen1) [Cantonese], 綠van (luk6 wen1) [Cantonese], 绿van (luk6 wen1) [Cantonese], 貨van (fo3 wen1) [Cantonese], 货van (fo3 wen1) [Cantonese]

Download JSON data for van meaning in Chinese (2.7kB)

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          "roman": "wen1 zai2",
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            "Cantonese"
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          "word": "van仔"
        },
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            "Cantonese"
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          "word": "客貨van"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "客货van"
        },
        {
          "english": "hung4 wen1",
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            "Cantonese"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "english": "hung4 wen1",
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            "Cantonese"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "roman": "luk6 wen1",
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "綠van"
        },
        {
          "roman": "luk6 wen1",
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "绿van"
        },
        {
          "roman": "fo3 wen1",
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          ],
          "word": "貨van"
        },
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          "roman": "fo3 wen1",
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            "Cantonese"
          ],
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        }
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          "ref": "我見架架van都係以9.9秒落貨,之後逃去無蹤嘅。 [Cantonese, trad.]",
          "text": "我见架架van都系以9.9秒落货,之后逃去无踪嘅。 [Cantonese, simp.]\nFrom: 2017, 留意思, 香港劏居, chapter 13\nngo⁵ gin³ gaa³ gaa³ wen¹ dou¹ hai⁶ ji⁵ 9.9 miu⁵ lok⁶ fo³, zi¹ hau⁶ tou⁴ heoi³ mou⁴ zung¹ ge³. [Jyutping]",
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          "minibus",
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        ],
        [
          "vehicle",
          "vehicle"
        ],
        [
          "架",
          "架#Chinese"
        ]
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        "(Hong Kong Cantonese, often in compounds) van; minibus; vehicle (Classifier: 架 c)"
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          "roman": "wān",
          "word": "灣/湾"
        },
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          "roman": "wān",
          "word": "灣"
        },
        {
          "roman": "wān",
          "word": "湾"
        },
        {
          "word": "𨋍"
        }
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      "zh-pron": "wen¹"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "colloquial sounds not defined"
    },
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        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wen¹"
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      "tags": [
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        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "colloquial sounds not defined"
    },
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      "ipa": "/wɛːn⁵⁵/",
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      "ipa": "/wɛːn⁵⁵/"
    }
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      "roman": "wen1 zai2",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "van仔"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "客貨van"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "客货van"
    },
    {
      "english": "hung4 wen1",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "紅van"
    },
    {
      "english": "hung4 wen1",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "红van"
    },
    {
      "roman": "luk6 wen1",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "綠van"
    },
    {
      "roman": "luk6 wen1",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "绿van"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fo3 wen1",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "貨van"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fo3 wen1",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "货van"
    }
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        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese nouns",
        "Chinese nouns classified by 架",
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          "ref": "我見架架van都係以9.9秒落貨,之後逃去無蹤嘅。 [Cantonese, trad.]",
          "text": "我见架架van都系以9.9秒落货,之后逃去无踪嘅。 [Cantonese, simp.]\nFrom: 2017, 留意思, 香港劏居, chapter 13\nngo⁵ gin³ gaa³ gaa³ wen¹ dou¹ hai⁶ ji⁵ 9.9 miu⁵ lok⁶ fo³, zi¹ hau⁶ tou⁴ heoi³ mou⁴ zung¹ ge³. [Jyutping]",
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          "vehicle",
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        [
          "架",
          "架#Chinese"
        ]
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      ],
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        "in-compounds",
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      "zh-pron": "wen¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "colloquial sounds not defined"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wen¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "colloquial sounds not defined"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɛːn⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/wɛːn⁵⁵/"
    }
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    {
      "roman": "wān",
      "word": "灣/湾"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wān",
      "word": "灣"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wān",
      "word": "湾"
    },
    {
      "word": "𨋍"
    }
  ],
  "word": "van"
}
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  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺'",
  "path": [
    "van"
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  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "van",
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}

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