萬萬
See also: 万万
Chinese
ten thousand; a great number; surname | ten thousand; a great number; surname | ||
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trad. (萬萬) | 萬 | 萬 | |
simp. (万万) | 万 | 万 |
Pronunciation
Adverb
萬萬
- absolutely (not)
- 金錢不是萬能的,但沒錢是萬萬不能的。 [MSC, trad.]
- Jīnqián bù shì wànnéng de, dàn méi qián shì wànwàn bù néng de. [Pinyin]
- Money can't do everything, but you certainly can't do everything without money.
金钱不是万能的,但没钱是万万不能的。 [MSC, simp.]- 她萬萬沒想到她的阿姨是殺手。 [MSC, trad.]
- Tā wànwàn méi xiǎngdào tā de āyí shì shāshǒu. [Pinyin]
- She never suspected for a minute that her aunty was a killer.
她万万没想到她的阿姨是杀手。 [MSC, simp.]- 恐怕搬家是萬萬不行的。 [MSC, trad.]
- Kǒngpà bānjiā shì wànwàn bùxíng de. [Pinyin]
- Unfortunately, moving is out of the question.
恐怕搬家是万万不行的。 [MSC, simp.]
Usage notes
- This adverb is almost always followed by a negative expression.
Synonyms
- 絕對/绝对 (juéduì)
- 絕/绝 (jué)
- 千萬/千万 (qiānwàn)
- (Cantonese) 千祈 (cin1 kei4)
- (Min Nan) 千千 (sian-sian)
Noun
萬萬
- (rare) hundred million
- 中國是一個龐大的國家,就是日本能佔領中國一萬萬至二萬萬人口的區域,我們離戰敗還很遠呢。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1938, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論持久戰》 (On Protracted War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
- Zhōngguó shì yīge pángdà de guójiā, jiùshì Rìběn néng zhànlǐng Zhōngguó yī wànwàn zhì èr wànwàn rénkǒu de qūyù, wǒmen lí zhànbài hái hěn yuǎn ne. [Pinyin]
- China is a vast country, and even if Japan should succeed in occupying a section of China with as many as 100 to 200 million people, we would still be far from defeated.
中国是一个庞大的国家,就是日本能占领中国一万万至二万万人口的区域,我们离战败还很远呢。 [MSC, simp.]
- (figurative) numbers of; large quantities of; great deal of
Synonyms
- (hundred million): 億/亿 (yì)
- (numbers of):
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