萬華
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Chinese
| ten thousand; a great number; surname | flowery; flourishing; magnificent flowery; flourishing; magnificent; your; grey; corona; time; essence; China; Chinese; name of a mountain | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (萬華) | 萬 | 華 | |
| simp. (万华) | 万 | 华 | |
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 萬華 (Banka), a phonetic approximation of Hokkien 艋舺 (Báng-kah).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): maan6 waa4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Van-fà
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Bān-hôa / Báng-kah
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Wànhuá
- Wade–Giles: Wan4-hua2
- Yale: Wàn-hwá
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wannhwa
- Palladius: Ваньхуа (Vanʹxua)
- Sinological IPA (key): /wän⁵¹ xu̯ä³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: maan6 waa4
- Yale: maahn wàh
- Cantonese Pinyin: maan6 waa4
- Guangdong Romanization: man6 wa4
- Sinological IPA (key): /maːn²² waː²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Van-fà
- Hakka Romanization System: van faˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: van4 fa2
- Sinological IPA: /van⁵⁵ fa¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bān-hôa
- Tâi-lô: Bān-huâ
- Phofsit Daibuun: baxnhoaa
- IPA (Taipei): /ban³³⁻¹¹ hua²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban³³⁻²¹ hua²³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Báng-kah
- Tâi-lô: Báng-kah
- Phofsit Daibuun: bafngkaq
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /baŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kaʔ³²/
- IPA (Taipei): /baŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kaʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Proper noun
萬華
Synonyms
- (historical or Min Nan) 艋舺 (Měngjiǎ)
References
- “Entry #34004”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.