萬事

See also: 万事

Chinese

		ten thousand; a great number; surname	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
trad. (萬事)		萬	事
simp. (万事)		万	事

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wànshì

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˋ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶ si⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): van-sṳ

(Meixian, Guangdong): van⁴ si⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bān-sīr / bān-sū

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 si⁶
  - Yale: maahn sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶ si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: man⁶ xi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn²² siː²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: van-sṳ
  - Hakka Romanization System: van sii
  - Hagfa Pinyim: van⁴ si⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /van⁵⁵ sɨ⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: van⁴ si⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ʋan⁵³⁻⁵⁵ sz̩⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Kinmen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān-sīr
  - Tâi-lô: bān-sīr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ban⁴¹⁻²² sɯ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Kinmen): /ban²²⁻¹² sɯ²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān-sū
  - Tâi-lô: bān-sū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: baxnsu
  - IPA (Taipei): /ban³³⁻¹¹ su³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ban²²⁻²¹ su²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban³³⁻²¹ su³³/

Middle Chinese: mjonH dzriH

Rime
Character	萬	事
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	崇 (20)
Final (韻)	元 (66)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	無販切	鉏吏切
Baxter	mjonH	dzriH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mʉɐn^H/	/d͡ʒɨ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/mʷiɐn^H/	/ɖ͡ʐɨ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/miuɐn^H/	/d͡ʒie^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muan^H/	/ɖ͡ʐɨ^H/
Li Rong	/miuɐn^H/	/d͡ʒiə^H/
Wang Li	/mĭwɐn^H/	/d͡ʒĭə^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯wɐn^H/	/ɖ͡ʐʱi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wàn	zhì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	maan⁶	zi⁶

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

(Zhengzhang): /*mlans zrɯs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	萬	事
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wàn	shì
Middle Chinese	‹ mjon^H ›	‹ dzri^H ›
Old Chinese	/*C.ma[n]-s/	/*[m-s-]rəʔ-s/
English	10000	serve; service, affair
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	事
Reading #	1/1	2/2
No.	12633	11486
Phonetic component	萬	史
Rime group	元	之
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	万	事
Old Chinese	/*mlans/	/*zrɯs/
Notes		史吏轉註字

Noun

萬事

all; everything

Derived terms

有子萬事足 / 有子万事足 (yǒu zǐ wànshì zú)
萬事亨通 / 万事亨通
萬事俱備，只欠東風 / 万事俱备，只欠东风 (wànshì jùbèi, zhǐ qiàn dōngfēng)
萬事勝意 / 万事胜意 (wànshìshèngyì)
萬事大吉 / 万事大吉 (wànshìdàjí)
萬事如意 / 万事如意 (wànshìrúyì)
萬事起頭難 / 万事起头难 (wànshì qǐtóu nán)
萬事通 / 万事通 (wànshìtōng)
萬事達 / 万事达 (wànshìdá)
萬事開頭難 / 万事开头难

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (萬事):

→ Japanese: 万(ばん)事(じ) (banji)
→ Korean: 만사(萬事) (mansa)
→ Vietnamese: vạn sự (萬事)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
萬	事
ばん Jinmeiyō	じ Grade: 3
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 萬事 – see the following entry.

【万事ばんじ】

[noun] all; everything

(This term, 萬事, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
萬	事

Noun

萬事 • (mansa) (hangeul 만사)

hanja form^? of 만사 (“everything”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
萬	事

Noun

萬事

chữ Hán form of vạn sự (“everything”)