萬代

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Chinese

ten thousand; a great number; surname
 
substitute; replace; generation
substitute; replace; generation; dynasty; geological era; era; age; period
trad. (萬代)
simp. (万代)

Pronunciation


Note: mān-tāi - with instance of nasal assimilation on syllable initial/s usually from a previous term's final syllable's nasal ending.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (4) (7)
Final () (66) (41)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter mjonH dojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mʉɐnH/ /dʌiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/mʷiɐnH/ /dəiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/miuɐnH/ /dɒiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/muanH/ /dəjH/
Li
Rong
/miuɐnH/ /dᴀiH/
Wang
Li
/mĭwɐnH/ /dɒiH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/mi̯wɐnH/ /dʱɑ̆iH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
wàn dài
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
maan6 doi6

Noun

萬代

  1. (literary) ten thousand generations; forever

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Descendants

Sino-Xenic (萬代):

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Adverb

萬代

  1. (Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) extremely; very

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