萬 (maan6 | wan4) : ten thousand; innumerable

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萬

maan6

wan4

[1] ten thousand [2] all; omni- [3] a very great number; innumerable; myriad [4] very; extremely; absolutely [5] name of an ancient dance [6] a Chinese family name

Stroke count: 13

Level: 2

Radical: 艸 (#140)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

萬 / 万

This word has been viewed 21095 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:43

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萬試萬靈 maan6 si3 maan6 ling4 wan4 shi4wan4 ling2 = it works every time; proven successful numerous times

萬惡 maan6 ok3 wan4 e4 = everything that is evil

一萬 jat1 maan6 yi1 wan4 = ten thousand

千萬 cin1 maan6 qian1 wan4 = ten million; myriad; a large amount

百萬 baak3 maan6 bai3 wan4 = a million, 1,000,000

一百萬美金 jat1 baak3 maan6 mei5 gam1 = Megabucks, the million lottery

五百萬 ng5 baak3 maan6 wu3 bai3 wan4 = five million

五萬 ng5 maan6 wu3 wan4 = 50 thousand

兩百萬 loeng5 baak3 maan6 liang3 bai3 wan4 = two million

四百萬 sei3 baak3 maan6 si4 bai3 wan4 = four million
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中華人民共和國萬歲，萬萬歲！
Long live the People's Republic of China!

三萬蚊買起佢，易如反掌粵
Thirty thousand dollars to get someone to kill him, its easy.

租金係,等我諗諗先,噢係嘞,總共萬一文。粵
The rent is, just let me get it right, oh yes, 11,000 dollars altogether.
[The speaker uses some discourse markers to make a reply.]

萬大事都有得解決粵
No matter how formidable this problem seems, it can be solved.

毒品調查科已經懸紅五百萬通緝毒梟。
The Narcotics Bureau has offered a reward of five million dollars for the arrest of the drug lord.

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Decimal representation of this word: 萬
Unicode code for this character: U+842c (off-site link)

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