萬象

See also: 万象

Chinese

		ten thousand; a great number; surname	shape; form; appearance shape; form; appearance; elephant; image under a map (maths)
trad. (萬象)		萬	象
simp. (万象)		万	象

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wànxiàng

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶ zoeng⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): van-siong
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bān-siōng / bān-siǒng / bān-chhiāng
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ve-zhian

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wànxiàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wànsiàng
  - Wade–Giles: wan⁴-hsiang⁴
  - Yale: wàn-syàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wannshianq
  - Palladius: ваньсян (vanʹsjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: maan⁶ zoeng⁶
  - Yale: maahn jeuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶ dzoeng⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: man⁶ zêng⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn²² t͡sœːŋ²²/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    萬丈 / 万丈
    萬象 / 万象
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: van-siong
  - Hakka Romanization System: van xiong
  - Hagfa Pinyim: van⁴ xiong⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /van⁵⁵ si̯oŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān-siōng
  - Tâi-lô: bān-siōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: baxnsiong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ban²²⁻²¹ siɔŋ²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban³³⁻²¹ siɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ban³³⁻¹¹ siɔŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān-siǒng
  - Tâi-lô: bān-siǒng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ban⁴¹⁻²² siɔŋ²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān-chhiāng
  - Tâi-lô: bān-tshiāng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: baxnchiang
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ban²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiaŋ²²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶ve-zhian
  - MiniDict: ve^去 zhian
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ve-xxian
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ve²² ʑiã⁴⁴/

Etymology 1

Noun

萬象

(literary) all things; all the universe; every manifestation of nature

Derived terms

包羅萬象 / 包罗万象 (bāoluó-wànxiàng)
森羅萬象 / 森罗万象 (sēnluó-wànxiàng)
萬象包羅 / 万象包罗
萬象更新 / 万象更新 (wànxiànggēngxīn)
萬象森羅 / 万象森罗

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of Lao ວຽງຈັນ (wīang chan). 萬象 literally means “ten thousand elephants”, analogous to 瀾滄／澜沧 (Láncāng, “Lan Xang”) which also means “million elephants” in Lao.