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
Min Nan (POJ): bān-lí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wànlǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄌㄧˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wannlii
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wànlǐ
  - IPA ^(key): /wän⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: maan⁶ lei⁵
  - Yale: maahn léih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶ lei⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: man⁶ léi⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /mäːn²² lei̯¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: van-lî
  - Hakka Romanization System: van li´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: van⁴ li¹
  - IPA: /van⁵⁵ li²⁴/
Min Nan
- (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

(figuratively) an immeasurably long distance; very long distance

Derived terms

不遠萬里／不远万里
乘長風破萬里浪／乘长风破万里浪
前程萬里／前程万里
咫尺萬里／咫尺万里
封侯萬里／封侯万里
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／晴空万里
相去萬里／相去万里
萬里之望／万里之望
萬里侯／万里侯

萬里同風／万里同风
萬里封侯／万里封侯
萬里江山／万里江山
萬里迢迢／万里迢迢
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
鵬程萬里／鹏程万里 (péng chéng wàn lǐ)

Proper noun

萬里

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

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