旺市

Chinese

		prosperous; flourishing; to prosper prosperous; flourishing; to prosper; to flourish	market; city
simp. and trad. (旺市)		旺	市

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wàngshì

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˋ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁶ si⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ōng-chhī / ōng-chhǐ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wàngshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˋ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wàngshìh
  - Wade–Giles: wang⁴-shih⁴
  - Yale: wàng-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanqshyh
  - Palladius: ванши (vanši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    旺勢 / 旺势
    旺市
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wong⁶ si⁵
  - Yale: wohng síh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁶ si⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: wong⁶ xi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ²² siː¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ōng-chhī
  - Tâi-lô: ōng-tshī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oxngchi
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɔŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰi²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ōng-chhǐ
  - Tâi-lô: ōng-tshǐ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² t͡sʰi²²/

Verb

旺市

to bring about a lot of business; to sell well

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of English Vaughan + 市 (shì, “city”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Wàngshì

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˋ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁶ si⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Wàngshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˋ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Wàngshìh
  - Wade–Giles: Wang⁴-shih⁴
  - Yale: Wàng-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wanqshyh
  - Palladius: Ванши (Vanši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wong⁶ si⁵
  - Yale: wohng síh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁶ si⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: wong⁶ xi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ²² siː¹³/

Proper noun

旺市

(Cantonese, local) Vaughan (a city in Ontario, Canada)