萬象

See also: 万象

Chinese

		ten thousand; a great number; surname	shape; form; appearance shape; form; appearance; elephant; image under a map (maths)
trad. (萬象)		萬	象
simp. (万象)		万	象

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wànxiàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶ zoeng⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): van-siong
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bān-siōng / bān-siǒng / bān-chhiāng
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶ve-zhian

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wànxiàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wànsiàng
    • Wade–Giles: wan⁴-hsiang⁴
    • Yale: wàn-syàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wannshianq
    • Palladius: ваньсян (vanʹsjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: maan⁶ zoeng⁶
    • Yale: maahn jeuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶ dzoeng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: man⁶ zêng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn²² t͡sœːŋ²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 萬丈／万丈 萬象／万象

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: van-siong
    • Hakka Romanization System: van xiong
    • Hagfa Pinyim: van⁴ xiong⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /van⁵⁵ si̯oŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān-siōng
    • Tâi-lô: bān-siōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: baxnsiong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ban²²⁻²¹ siɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban³³⁻²¹ siɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ban³³⁻¹¹ siɔŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān-siǒng
    • Tâi-lô: bān-siǒng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ban⁴¹⁻²² siɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān-chhiāng
    • Tâi-lô: bān-tshiāng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: baxnchiang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ban²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiaŋ²²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶ve-zhian
    • MiniDict: ve^去 zhian
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ve-xxian
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ve²² ʑiã⁴⁴/

Etymology 1

Noun

萬象

1. (literary) all things; all the universe; every manifestation of nature

Derived terms

• 包羅萬象／包罗万象 (bāoluó-wànxiàng)
• 森羅萬象／森罗万象 (sēnluó-wànxiàng)
• 萬象包羅／万象包罗
• 萬象更新／万象更新 (wànxiànggēngxīn)
• 萬象森羅／万象森罗

 

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of Lao ວຽງຈັນ (wīang chan). 萬象 literally means “ten thousand elephants”, analogous to 瀾滄／澜沧 (Láncāng, “Lan Xang”) which also means “million elephants” in Lao.

Proper noun

萬象

1. (Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Singapore) Vientiane (a city, the capital city of Laos)

Synonyms

• (Taiwan) 永珍 (Yǒngzhēn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
萬	象
ばん Jinmeiyō	しょう Grade: 5
kan’on

For pronunciation and definitions of 萬象 – see the following entry.

【万象ばんしょう】 [noun] All things. [noun] All the universe, [noun] Every manifestation of nature

(This term, 萬象, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
萬	象

Noun

萬象 • (mansang) (hangeul 만상)

1. Hanja form^? of 만상.

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
萬	象

Proper noun

萬象

1. chữ Hán form of Vạn Tượng (“Vientiane”).