五十萬

Chinese

		five	ten	ten thousand; a great number; surname
trad. (五十萬)		五	十	萬
simp. (五十万)		五	十	万
alternative forms		伍拾萬／伍拾万 50萬／50万
Literally: “500 thousand”.

Etymology

From a Chinese enactment which awards citizens who contribute to discovering and reporting spies. The ceiling of the award is five hundred thousand yuan.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǔshíwàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄕˊ ㄨㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǔshíwàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄕˊ ㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǔshíhwàn
    • Wade–Giles: wu³-shih²-wan⁴
    • Yale: wǔ-shŕ-wàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuushyrwann
    • Palladius: ушивань (ušivanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ wän⁵¹/

Noun

五十萬

1. (Internet slang, Mainland China, sometimes offensive) a foreign agent or spy, especially a Taiwanese agent or spy operating within Mainland China

   行走的五十萬／行走的五十万  ―  xíngzǒu de wǔshíwàn  ―  a spy at large