揚名立萬

Chinese

		to make a name for oneself; to become famous	set up; to stand	ten thousand; a great number; surname
trad. (揚名立萬)		揚名	立	萬
simp. (扬名立万)		扬名	立	万

Etymology

萬 / 蔓 (wàn), whose pronunciation is the colloquial reading of 蔓, is an argot meaning "surname". (Sun, 2006; Cai and Li, 2016)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yángmínglìwàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄌㄧˋ ㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁴ ming⁴ laap⁶ maan⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yángmínglìwàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄌㄧˋ ㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yángmínglìwàn
    • Wade–Giles: yang²-ming²-li⁴-wan⁴
    • Yale: yáng-míng-lì-wàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yangminglihwann
    • Palladius: янминливань (janminlivanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ³⁵ miŋ³⁵ li⁵¹⁻⁵³ wän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: joeng⁴ ming⁴ laap⁶ maan⁶
    • Yale: yèuhng mìhng laahp maahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁴ ming⁴ laap⁹ maan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁴ ming⁴ lab⁶ man⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ²¹ mɪŋ²¹ laːp̚² maːn²²/

Idiom

揚名立萬

1. to make a name for oneself