萬無一失

Chinese

		ten thousand; a great number; surname	not have	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	to lose; to miss; to fail
trad. (萬無一失)		萬	無	一	失
simp. (万无一失)		万	无	一	失

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wànwúyīshī

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˋ ㄨˊ ㄧ ㄕ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶ mou⁴ jat¹ sat¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bān-bû-it-sit

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wànwúyīshī [Phonetic: wànwúyìshī]
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄨˊ ㄧ ㄕ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wànwúyishih
    • Wade–Giles: wan⁴-wu²-i¹-shih¹
    • Yale: wàn-wú-yī-shr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wannwuishy
    • Palladius: ваньуиши (vanʹuiši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵¹ u³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maan⁶ mou⁴ jat¹ sat¹
    • Yale: maahn mòuh yāt sāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶ mou⁴ jat⁷ sat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: man⁶ mou⁴ yed¹ sed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn²² mou̯²¹ jɐt̚⁵ sɐt̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān-bû-it-sit
    • Tâi-lô: bān-bû-it-sit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: baxnbu'itsid
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ban²²⁻²¹ bu²⁴⁻²² it̚³²⁻⁴ sit̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ban⁴¹⁻²² bu²⁴⁻²² it̚⁵⁻²⁴ sit̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ban²²⁻²¹ bu¹³⁻²² it̚³²⁻⁵ sit̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ban³³⁻¹¹ bu²⁴⁻¹¹ it̚³²⁻⁴ sit̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban³³⁻²¹ bu²³⁻³³ it̚³²⁻⁴ sit̚³²/

Idiom

萬無一失

1. infallible; surefire; perfectly safe