萬能

See also: 万能

Chinese

		ten thousand; a great number; surname	ability; can; may ability; can; may; capable; energy; able
trad. (萬能)		萬	能
simp. (万能)		万	能

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wànnéng

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˋ ㄋㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶ nang⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): van-nèn
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): bān-lêng / bān-nn̂g

(Teochew, Peng'im): bhuang⁷ lêng⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wànnéng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄋㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wànnéng
  - Wade–Giles: wan⁴-nêng²
  - Yale: wàn-néng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wannneng
  - Palladius: ваньнэн (vanʹnɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵¹ nɤŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: maan⁶ nang⁴
  - Yale: maahn nàhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶ nang⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: man⁶ neng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn²² nɐŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: van-nèn
  - Hakka Romanization System: van nen^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: van⁴ nen²
  - Sinological IPA: /van⁵⁵ nen¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān-lêng
  - Tâi-lô: bān-lîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: baxnleeng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ban²²⁻²¹ liɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban³³⁻²¹ liɪŋ²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ban³³⁻¹¹ liɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ban²²⁻²¹ liɪŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān-nn̂g
  - Tâi-lô: bān-nn̂g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: baxnnngg
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ban⁴¹⁻²² nŋ̍²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bhuang⁷ lêng⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: buāng lêng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /buaŋ¹¹ leŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

萬能

all-powerful; omnipotent
金錢不是萬能的，但沒錢是萬萬不能的。 [MSC, trad.]
金钱不是万能的，但没钱是万万不能的。 [MSC, simp.]
Jīnqián bù shì wànnéng de, dàn méi qián shì wànwàn bù néng de. [Pinyin]
Money can't do everything, but you certainly can't do without money.
(attributive) all-purpose; universal

Synonyms

(all-powerful): 全能 (quánnéng)
(all-purpose): 萬用／万用 (wànyòng)

Derived terms

萬能key / 万能key (maan⁶ nang⁴ ki¹) (Cantonese)
萬能插蘇 / 万能插苏 (maan⁶ nang⁴ caap³ sou¹) (Cantonese)
萬能膠 / 万能胶 (wànnéngjiāo)
萬能鑰匙 / 万能钥匙 (wànnéng yàoshi)
金錢萬能 / 金钱万能
雙手萬能 / 双手万能

Japanese

Kanji in this term
萬	能
ばん Jinmeiyō	のう Grade: 5
on'yomi

Kanji in this term
萬	能
まん Jinmeiyō	のう Grade: 5
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 萬能 – see the following entry.

【万能ばんのう】	[noun] all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent [noun] all-purpose; universal
【万能まんのう】	[noun] all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent [noun] all-purpose; universal [noun] a hoe

(This term, 萬能, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
萬	能

Noun

萬能 • (manneung) (hangeul 만능)

hanja form^? of 만능 (“omnipotence”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
萬	能

Adjective

萬能

chữ Hán form of vạn năng (“multifunctional”)