萬世

See also: 万世

Chinese

		ten thousand; a great number; surname	life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
trad. (萬世)		萬	世
simp. (万世)		万	世

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wànshì

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˋ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶ sai³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): van-sṳ
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): bān-sè / bān-sì

(Teochew, Peng'im): bhuang⁷ si³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wànshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wànshìh
  - Wade–Giles: wan⁴-shih⁴
  - Yale: wàn-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wannshyh
  - Palladius: ваньши (vanʹši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    玩世
    萬世 / 万世
    萬事 / 万事
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: maan⁶ sai³
  - Yale: maahn sai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶ sai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: man⁶ sei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn²² sɐi̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: van-sṳ
  - Hakka Romanization System: van sii
  - Hagfa Pinyim: van⁴ si⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /van⁵⁵ sɨ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān-sè
  - Tâi-lô: bān-sè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: baxnsex
  - IPA (Taipei): /ban³³⁻¹¹ se¹¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ban⁴¹⁻²² se⁴¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban³³⁻²¹ se²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ban²²⁻²¹ se²¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān-sì
  - Tâi-lô: bān-sì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: baxnsix
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ban²²⁻²¹ si²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bhuang⁷ si³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: buāng sì
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /buaŋ¹¹ si²¹³/

Middle Chinese: mjonH syejH

Rime
Character	萬	世
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	元 (66)	祭 (35)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	無販切	舒制切
Baxter	mjonH	syejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mʉɐn^H/	/ɕiᴇi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/mʷiɐn^H/	/ɕiɛi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/miuɐn^H/	/ɕjæi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muan^H/	/ɕiaj^H/
Li Rong	/miuɐn^H/	/ɕiɛi^H/
Wang Li	/mĭwɐn^H/	/ɕĭɛi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯wɐn^H/	/ɕi̯ɛi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wàn	shì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	maan⁶	sai³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*C.ma[n]-s l̥ap-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*mlans hljebs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	萬	世
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wàn	shì
Middle Chinese	‹ mjon^H ›	‹ syej^H ›
Old Chinese	/*C.ma[n]-s/	/*l̥ap-s/
English	10000	generation
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	萬	世
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	12633	11537
Phonetic component	萬	世
Rime group	元	蓋
Rime subdivision	1	2
Corresponding MC rime	万	丗
Old Chinese	/*mlans/	/*hljebs/
Notes		本枼葉初文（文源）

Noun

萬世

(literary) ten thousand generations; forever

Synonyms

(literary) 萬代／万代 (wàndài)

Derived terms

功流萬世 / 功流万世
千秋萬世 / 千秋万世 (qiānqiūwànshì)
萬世一時 / 万世一时
萬世師表 / 万世师表 (wànshì shībiǎo)
貽笑萬世 / 贻笑万世