萬世

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See also: 万世

Chinese

ten thousand; a great number; surname
life; age; generation
life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
 
trad. (萬世)
simp. (万世)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (4) (26)
Final () (66) (35)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter mjonH syejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mʉɐnH/ /ɕiᴇiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/mʷiɐnH/ /ɕiɛiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/miuɐnH/ /ɕjæiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/muanH/ /ɕiajH/
Li
Rong
/miuɐnH/ /ɕiɛiH/
Wang
Li
/mĭwɐnH/ /ɕĭɛiH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/mi̯wɐnH/ /ɕi̯ɛiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
wàn shì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
maan6 sai3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
wàn shì
Middle
Chinese
‹ mjonH › ‹ syejH ›
Old
Chinese
/*C.ma-s/ /*l̥ap-s/
English 10000 generation

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 12633 11537
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*mlans/ /*hljebs/
Notes

Noun

萬世

  1. (literary) ten thousand generations; forever

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