萬里長城

See also: 万里长城

Chinese

	10,000 li; an immeasurably long distance; very long distance	long wall; Great Wall of China; insurmountable barrier or invincible power long wall; Great Wall of China; insurmountable barrier or invincible power; wall of steel
trad. (萬里長城)	萬里	長城
simp. (万里长城)	万里	长城
Literally: “10,000-li long wall”.

Etymology

From the idiomatic sense of 萬 as any uncountable or unimaginably large number. As a whole the name, translated literally, means “10,000-li long wall”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Wànlǐ Chángchéng
(Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄔㄤˊ ㄔㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶ lei⁵ coeng⁴ sing⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Van-lî Chhòng-sàng
Min Dong (BUC): Uâng-lī Diòng-siàng
Min Nan (POJ): Bān-lí Tn̂g-siâⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Wànlǐ Chángchéng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄔㄤˊ ㄔㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wannlii Charngcherng
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯än⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: maan⁶ lei⁵ coeng⁴ sing⁴
  - Yale: maahn léih chèuhng sìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶ lei⁵ tsoeng⁴ sing⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: man⁶ léi⁵ cêng⁴ xing⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /mäːn²² lei̯¹³ t͡ʃʰœ̽ːŋ²¹ sɪŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Van-lî Chhòng-sàng
  - Hakka Romanization System: van li´ congˇ sangˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: van⁴ li¹ cong² sang²
  - IPA: /van⁵⁵ li²⁴ t͡sʰoŋ¹¹ saŋ¹¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Uâng-lī Diòng-siàng
  - IPA ^(key): /uaŋ²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(l-)nˡi³³ tuoŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^(s-)niaŋ⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bān-lí Tn̂g-siâⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: Bān-lí Tn̂g-siânn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: baxnlie dngsviaa
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ban²²⁻²¹ li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tŋ̍²⁴⁻²² ɕiã²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ban⁴¹⁻²² li⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tŋ̍²⁴⁻²² ɕiã²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ban²²⁻²¹ li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tŋ̍¹³⁻²² ɕiã¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ban³³⁻¹¹ li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕiã²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban³³⁻²¹ li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tŋ̍²³⁻³³ ɕiã²³/

Proper noun

萬里長城

Great Wall of China

Synonyms

長城／长城 (Chángchéng)

Korean

Hanja in this term
萬	里	長	城

Proper noun

萬里長城 • (Mallijangseong) (hangeul 만리장성)

Hanja form^? of 만리장성 (“the Great Wall of China”).