兩岸

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See also: 两岸

Chinese

		both; two; some both; two; some; a few; tael	bank; shore; beach bank; shore; beach; coast
trad. (兩岸)		兩	岸
simp. (两岸)		两	岸

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liǎng'àn

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng⁵ ngon⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lióng-gān / nn̄g-hōaⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): liang² ngai⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liǎng'àn
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: liǎng-àn
  - Wade–Giles: liang³-an⁴
  - Yale: lyǎng-àn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leangann
  - Palladius: лянъань (ljanʺanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: loeng⁵ ngon⁶
  - Yale: léuhng ngohn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁵ ngon⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: lêng⁵ ngon⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lœːŋ¹³ ŋɔːn²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lióng-gān
  - Tâi-lô: lióng-gān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liofnggan
  - IPA (Taipei): /liɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡan³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /liɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡan²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɡan⁴¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡan³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nn̄g-hōaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: nn̄g-huānn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: nngxhvoa
  - IPA (Xiamen): /nŋ̍²²⁻²¹ huã²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: liang² ngai⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liáng ngăi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ ŋai³⁵/

Noun

兩岸

(of a river, sea, etc.) both sides
- (Can we date this quote?), “书香潮州” (00:02:05 from the start), 茶米 (lyrics), 袁汉橹 (music)‎performed by 翁悦纯:
  
  吹绿韩江两岸经济共民生 [Teochew, simp.]
  吹綠韓江兩岸經濟共民生 [Teochew, trad.]
  cuê¹ lêg⁸ hang⁵ gang¹ liang² ngai⁶ gêng¹ zi³ ga⁷ ming⁵ sên¹ [Peng'im]
  blows upon both banks of the verdant Han River, the people's economy and livelihood
both sides of the Taiwan Strait

Adjective

兩岸

(attributive) cross-strait
《兩岸萌典》／《两岸萌典》 ― “Liǎng'àn méng diǎn” ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (兩岸):

→ Japanese: 両(りょう)岸(がん) (ryōgan)
→ Korean: 량안(兩岸) (ryang'an), 양안(兩岸) (yang'an)

References

兩岸 in MDBG Chinese Dictionary
兩岸 in Mandarin Chinese-English Dictionary & Thesaurus - YellowBridge

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