萬里

See also: 万里

Chinese

		ten thousand; a great number; surname	li, a Chinese unit of length
trad. (萬里)		萬	里
simp. (万里)		万	里
Literally: “10,000 li”.

Etymology

From the idiomatic sense of 萬／万 (wàn) as any uncountable or unimaginably large number.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wànlǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˋ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶ lei⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): van-lî
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bān-lí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wànlǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wànlǐ
    • Wade–Giles: wan⁴-li³
    • Yale: wàn-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wannlii
    • Palladius: ваньли (vanʹli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maan⁶ lei⁵
    • Yale: maahn léih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶ lei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: man⁶ léi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn²² lei̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: van-lî
    • Hakka Romanization System: van li^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: van⁴ li¹
    • Sinological IPA: /van⁵⁵ li²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān-lí
    • Tâi-lô: bān-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: baxnlie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ban²²⁻²¹ li⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ban⁴¹⁻²² li⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ban²²⁻²¹ li⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ban³³⁻¹¹ li⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban³³⁻²¹ li⁴¹/

Noun

萬里

1. (figurative) an immeasurably long distance; very long distance
2. (Hong Kong Cantonese slang) a necklace

Derived terms

• 不遠萬里／不远万里 (bùyuǎnwànlǐ)
• 乘長風破萬里浪／乘长风破万里浪
• 前程萬里
• 咫尺萬里
• 封侯萬里
• 懸旌萬里／悬旌万里
• 明見萬里／明见万里
• 明鑒萬里／明鉴万里
• 晴空萬里 (qíngkōngwànlǐ)
• 相去萬里
• 萬里之望
• 萬里侯
• 萬里同風／万里同风
• 萬里封侯
• 萬里江山
• 萬里無雲／万里无云 (wànlǐwúyún)
• 萬里迢迢
• 萬里長城／万里长城 (Wànlǐ Chángchéng)
• 萬里鵬程／万里鹏程
• 萬里鵬翼／万里鹏翼
• 行萬里路，讀萬卷書／行万里路，读万卷书
• 讀萬卷書，行萬里路／读万卷书，行万里路 (dú wàn juàn shū, xíng wàn lǐ lù)
• 長風萬里／长风万里
• 離題萬里／离题万里 (lítíwànlǐ)
• 鵬程萬里／鹏程万里 (péngchéngwànlǐ)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (萬里):

• → Japanese: 万(ばん)里(り) (banri)
• → Korean: 만리(萬里) (malli)
• → Vietnamese: vạn lý (萬里)

See also

• 千里 (qiānlǐ)

Proper noun

萬里

1. (～區) Wanli (a district of New Taipei, Taiwan)
2. (～里) An urban village in Wanli district, New Taipei, Taiwan

Japanese

Kanji in this term
萬	里
ばん Jinmeiyō	り Grade: 2
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 萬里 – see the following entry.

【万里ばんり】 [noun] 10000 li, or 5000 km [noun] (figuratively) very long distance, immeasurable distances

(This term, 萬里, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)