永珍

Chinese

		forever; always; perpetual(ly)	precious thing; treasure
simp. and trad. (永珍)		永	珍

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of Lao ວຽງຈັນ (wīang chan), via Cantonese.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yǒngzhēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˇ ㄓㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wing⁵ zan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yǒngzhēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˇ ㄓㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yǒngjhen
    • Wade–Giles: Yung³-chên¹
    • Yale: Yǔng-jēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yeongjen
    • Palladius: Юнчжэнь (Junčžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wing⁵ zan¹
    • Yale: wíhng jān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wing⁵ dzan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wing⁵ zen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɪŋ¹³ t͡sɐn⁵⁵/

Proper noun

永珍

1. (Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore) Vientiane (a city, the capital city of Laos)

Synonyms

• (Mainland China) 萬象／万象 (wànxiàng)