萬維網

See also: 万维网

Chinese

		ten thousand; a great number; surname	to preserve; to maintain; to hold together to preserve; to maintain; to hold together; dimension	net; network
trad. (萬維網)		萬	維	網
simp. (万维网)		万	维	网
Literally: “ten thousand-dimensional web”.

Etymology

Ingenious phono-semantic matching of English World Wide Web, so that the resulting Mandarin pronunciation also has a similar phonological shape (w-w-w-).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wànwéiwǎng

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄨㄤˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶ wai⁴ mong⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wànwéiwǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄨㄤˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wannweiwoang
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯än⁵¹ u̯eɪ̯³⁵ u̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: maan⁶ wai⁴ mong⁵
  - Yale: maahn wàih móhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶ wai⁴ mong⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: man⁶ wei⁴ mong⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /mäːn²² wɐi̯²¹ mɔːŋ¹³/

Proper noun

萬維網

(computing) World Wide Web; WWW

Synonyms

互聯網／互联网 (Hùliánwǎng)
因特網／因特网 (Yīntèwǎng)
網際網路／网际网路 (wǎngjì wǎnglù)

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