萬華
Chinese edit
ten thousand; a great number; surname | flowery; flourishing; magnificent flowery; flourishing; magnificent; your; grey; corona; time; essence; China; Chinese; name of a mountain | ||
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trad. (萬華) | 萬 | 華 | |
simp. (万华) | 万 | 华 |
Etymology edit
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 萬華 (Banka), a phonetic approximation of Hokkien 艋舺 (Báng-kah).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
萬華
Synonyms edit
- (historical or Min Nan) 艋舺 (Měngjiǎ)
References edit
- “Entry #34004”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.