MAN
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English
Noun
MAN (plural MANs)
- (computing) Initialism of Metropolitan Area Network (a large computer network usually spanning a city)
Descendants
- → Thai: แมน (mɛɛn)
Proper noun
MAN
- Abbreviation of Manitoba.
Alternative forms
References
Anagrams
Chinese
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: man
- Wade–Giles: man1
- Yale: mān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhan
- Palladius: мань (manʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /män⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄝㄋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: mên
- Wade–Giles: mehn1
- Yale: mēn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhèn
- Palladius: мэнь (mɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɛn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: men1
- Cantonese Pinyin: men1
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɛːn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Adjective
MAN
- Alternative letter-case form of man
German
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
MAN
- Initialism of Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg (a German mechanical engineering company)
References
MAN on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Indonesian
Pronunciation
Noun
MAN (first-person possessive MANku, second-person possessive MANmu, third-person possessive MANnya)
- (education) acronym of madrasah aliah negeri.