萬維網

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

1. (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)