萬事

See also: 万事

Chinese

		ten thousand; a great number; surname	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
trad. (萬事)		萬	事
simp. (万事)		万	事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wànshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶ si⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): van-sṳ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): van⁴ si⁴

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bān-sīr / bān-sū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wànshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wànshìh
    • Wade–Giles: wan⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: wàn-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wannshyh
    • Palladius: ваньши (vanʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maan⁶ si⁶
    • Yale: maahn sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: man⁶ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn²² siː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: van-sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: van sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: van⁴ si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /van⁵⁵ sɨ⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: van⁴ si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ʋan⁵³⁻⁵⁵ sz̩⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān-sīr
    • Tâi-lô: bān-sīr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ban⁴¹⁻²² sɯ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān-sū
    • Tâi-lô: bān-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: baxnsu
    • IPA (Taipei): /ban³³⁻¹¹ su³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ban²²⁻²¹ su²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban³³⁻²¹ su³³/

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• Middle Chinese: mjonH dzriH

Rime
Character	萬	事
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	崇 (20)
Final (韻)	元 (66)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	無販切	鉏吏切
Baxter	mjonH	dzriH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mʉɐnH/	/d͡ʒɨH/
Pan Wuyun	/mʷiɐnH/	/ɖ͡ʐɨH/
Shao Rongfen	/miuɐnH/	/d͡ʒieH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muanH/	/ɖ͡ʐɨH/
Li Rong	/miuɐnH/	/d͡ʒiəH/
Wang Li	/mĭwɐnH/	/d͡ʒĭəH/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯wɐnH/	/ɖ͡ʐʱiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wàn	zhì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	maan6	zi6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.ma[n]-s  [m-s-]rəʔ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*mlans  zrɯs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	萬	事
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wàn	shì
Middle Chinese	‹ mjonH ›	‹ dzriH ›
Old Chinese	/*C.ma[n]-s/	/*[m-s-]rəʔ-s/
English	10000	serve; service, affair
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	萬	事
Reading #	1/1	2/2
No.	12633	11486
Phonetic component	萬	史
Rime group	元	之
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	万	事
Old Chinese	/*mlans/	/*zrɯs/
Notes		史吏轉註字

Noun

萬事

1. all; everything

Derived terms

• 有子萬事足／有子万事足 (yǒu zǐ wànshì zú)
• 萬事亨通／万事亨通
• 萬事俱備，只欠東風／万事俱备，只欠东风 (wànshì jùbèi, zhǐ qiàn dōngfēng)
• 萬事勝意／万事胜意 (wànshìshèngyì)
• 萬事大吉／万事大吉
• 萬事如意／万事如意 (wànshìrúyì)
• 萬事起頭難／万事起头难 (wànshì qǐtóu nán)
• 萬事通／万事通 (wànshìtōng)
• 萬事達／万事达 (wànshìdá)
• 萬事開頭難／万事开头难

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (萬事):

• → Japanese: 万(ばん)事(じ) (banji)
• → Korean: 만사(萬事) (mansa)
• → Vietnamese: vạn sự (萬事)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
萬	事
ばん Jinmeiyō	じ Grade: 3
on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 萬事 – see the following entry.

【万事ばんじ】 [noun] all; everything

(This term, 萬事, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
萬	事

Noun

萬事 • (mansa) (hangeul 만사)

1. Hanja form^? of 만사 (“everything”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
萬	事

Noun

萬事

1. chữ Hán form of vạn sự (“everything”).