巨萬
See also: 巨万
Chinese
very large; huge; tremendous very large; huge; tremendous; gigantic |
ten thousand; a great number; surname | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (巨萬/鉅萬) | 巨/鉅 | 萬 | |
| simp. (巨万) | 巨 | 万 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: jùwàn
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ ㄨㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jyùwàn
- Wade–Giles: chü4-wan4
- Yale: jyù-wàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuhwann
- Palladius: цзюйвань (czjujvanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕy⁵¹⁻⁵³ wän⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Noun
巨萬
- (archaic) lots; a ton; a huge amount
- 京師之錢累巨萬，貫朽而不可校。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
- From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
- Jīngshī zhī qián lěi jùwàn, guàn xiǔ ér bùkě xiào. [Pinyin]
- In the capital the strings of cash had been stacked up by myriads of myriads until the cords that bound them had rotted away and they could no longer be counted.
京师之钱累巨万，贯朽而不可校。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]