兩岸

See also: 两岸

Chinese

		both; two; some both; two; some; a few; tael	bank; shore; beach bank; shore; beach; coast
trad. (兩岸)		兩	岸
simp. (两岸)		两	岸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liǎng'àn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng⁵ ngon⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lióng-gān / nn̄g-hōaⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): liang² ngai⁶

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liǎng'àn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liǎng-àn
    • Wade–Giles: liang³-an⁴
    • Yale: lyǎng-àn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leangann
    • Palladius: лянъань (ljanʺanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: loeng⁵ ngon⁶
    • Yale: léuhng ngohn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁵ ngon⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêng⁵ ngon⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lœːŋ¹³ ŋɔːn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lióng-gān
    • Tâi-lô: lióng-gān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liofnggan
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡan³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /liɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡan²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɡan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡan³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nn̄g-hōaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: nn̄g-huānn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nngxhvoa
    • IPA (Xiamen): /nŋ̍²²⁻²¹ huã²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: liang² ngai⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liáng ngăi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ ŋai³⁵/

Noun

兩岸

1. (of a river, sea, etc.) both sides
2. both sides of the Taiwan Strait

Adjective

兩岸

1. (attributive) cross-strait

   《兩岸萌典》／《两岸萌典》  ―  “Liǎng'àn méng diǎn”  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

• 兩岸人民關係條例／两岸人民关系条例
• 海峽兩岸／海峡两岸

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (兩岸):

• → Japanese: 両(りょう)岸(がん) (ryōgan)
• → Korean: 량안(兩岸) (ryang'an), 양안(兩岸) (yang'an)

References

• 兩岸 in MDBG Chinese Dictionary
• 兩岸 in Mandarin Chinese-English Dictionary & Thesaurus - YellowBridge