萬代

Chinese

		ten thousand; a great number; surname	substitute; replace; generation substitute; replace; generation; dynasty; geological era; era; age; period
trad. (萬代)		萬	代
simp. (万代)		万	代

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wàndài

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˋ ㄉㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶ doi⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): van-thoi

  (Hailu, HRS): van^˖ toi^˖

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bān-tāi / mān-tāi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wàndài
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄉㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wàndài
    • Wade–Giles: wan⁴-tai⁴
    • Yale: wàn-dài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wannday
    • Palladius: ваньдай (vanʹdaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵¹⁻⁵³ taɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maan⁶ doi⁶
    • Yale: maahn doih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶ doi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: man⁶ doi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn²² tɔːi̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: van-thoi
    • Hakka Romanization System: van toi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: van⁴ toi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /van⁵⁵ tʰoi̯⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: van^˖ toi^˖
    • Sinological IPA: /van³³ tʰoi³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān-tāi
    • Tâi-lô: bān-tāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: baxndai
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ban²²⁻²¹ tai²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban³³⁻²¹ tai³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /ban⁴¹⁻²² tai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ban³³⁻¹¹ tai³³/
  • (Hokkien: Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mān-tāi
    • Tâi-lô: mān-tāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: maxndai
    • IPA (Philippines): /man⁴¹⁻²² tai⁴¹/

Note: mān-tāi - with instance of nasal assimilation on syllable initial/s usually from a previous term's final syllable's nasal ending.

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• Middle Chinese: mjonH dojH

Rime
Character	萬	代
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	元 (66)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	無販切	徒耐切
Baxter	mjonH	dojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mʉɐnH/	/dʌiH/
Pan Wuyun	/mʷiɐnH/	/dəiH/
Shao Rongfen	/miuɐnH/	/dɒiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muanH/	/dəjH/
Li Rong	/miuɐnH/	/dᴀiH/
Wang Li	/mĭwɐnH/	/dɒiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯wɐnH/	/dʱɑ̆iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wàn	dài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	maan6	doi6

Noun

萬代

1. (literary) ten thousand generations; forever

Synonyms

• (literary) 萬世／万世 (wànshì)

Derived terms

• 千秋萬代 / 千秋万代 (qiānqiūwàndài)
• 萬代一時 / 万代一时
• 萬代千秋 / 万代千秋 (wàndàiqiānqiū)
• 遺臭萬代 / 遗臭万代

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (萬代):

• → Japanese: 万代(ばんだい) (bandai)
• → Korean: 만대(萬代) (mandae)

See also

• (Vietnamese) muôn đời (𨷈𠁀)

Adverb

萬代

1. (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang and Philippine Hokkien) extremely; very

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 很 (“very”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		甚, 孔
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		很, 非常, 十分
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	挺, 很, 倍兒, 怪
	Taiwan	很, 好, 非常, 超, 蠻, 超級
	Malaysia	很
	Singapore	很, 蠻, 非常
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	挺, 很, 傻, 老, 倍兒, 齁兒
	Jinan	挺, 楞
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	很
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	很, 好
	Chongqing	很
	Wuhan	蠻, 很
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	蠻, 稀, 很
	Hefei	很
Cantonese	Guangzhou	好, 非常之
	Hong Kong	好, 非常, 非常之, 超, 勁, 十分之, 無敵
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	好
	Taishan	好, 十分之
	Yangjiang	好
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	好
	Singapore (Guangfu)	好, 非常之, 非常
Gan	Nanchang	蠻
Hakka	Meixian	好, 刮, 已, 還, 異, 還 exclamation
	Huidong (Daling)	好
	Wuhua (Meilin)	好
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	頂
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	好
	Changting	野
	Wuping (Pingyu)	已, 刮
	Liancheng	樣
	Ninghua	好
	Ruijin	蠻
	Shicheng	蠻
	Shangyou (Shexi)	蠻
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	當, 已, 還
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蓋, 盡, 還
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	當, 盡, 已, 還
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	當, 已, 還
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	當, 已, 還
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	足, 真, 實在
	Hong Kong	好
	Sabah (Bao'an)	好
	Kuching (Hepo)	很
	Singapore (Dabu)	好
Jin	Taiyuan	很, 挺
Northern Min	Jian'ou	盡
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	野, 真
	Singapore (Fuqing)	真
	Sitiawan (Gutian)	真
Southern Min	Xiamen	真, 野, 誠, 有夠, 萬代, 死人, 非常, 真正, 設汰, 一
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	真
	Quanzhou	真, 野, 誠, 有夠, 萬代, 死人, 設汰
	Jinjiang	野, 萬代
	Zhangzhou	盡, 蓋, 足, 足範, 有夠, 出奇, 極死, 見死, 死了了, 死人, 設汰, 設汰仔
	Zhao'an	很, 真, 死絕, 好, 非常
	Dongshan	真, 非常
	Taipei	真, 誠
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	真, 誠
	Kaohsiung	有夠, 足, 真, 誠, 蓋
	Yilan	有夠, 足, 誠, 盡
	Changhua (Lukang)	真, 誠
	Taichung	誠, 蓋, 足
	Tainan	有夠, 足, 真, 誠, 蓋
	Hsinchu	真, 誠
	Kinmen	足, 誠
	Penghu (Magong)	真, 誠
	Penang (Hokkien)	真, 誠, 真正
	Singapore (Hokkien)	真, 死爸, 真正, 誠, 足, 有夠
	Manila (Hokkien)	野, 真, 萬代, 真誠, 誠, 有夠
	Medan (Hokkien)	按呢, 真, 誠, 真正
	Chaozhou	過, 好, 非常, 死爸
	Shantou	過, 鐵, 好, 很, 死爸, 死絕
	Shantou (Chenghai)	好, 死絕
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	好, 非常
	Jieyang	過, 好, 死爸, 死絕
	Bangkok (Teochew)	好
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	好
	Singapore (Teochew)	真, 死爸, 非常
	Wenchang	極, 但顧, 真
	Haikou	但顧
	Qionghai	但顧, 真
	Singapore (Hainanese)	但顧, 真
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	好, 蠻
Wu	Shanghai	蠻, 老, 邪氣, 老老, 瞎, 絕, 十分, 十二萬分, 非常, 非常之, 畢, 畢畢, 來得, 來得個, 煞, 交關, 十二分 rare, 窮 dated, 野 dated, 邪 dated
	Suzhou	蠻, 窮
	Hangzhou	蠻, 交關, 木佬佬, 冒
	Ningbo	交關, 蠻, 堪, 𣍐好, 𣍐派, 甮派, 出格, 木牢牢 rare, 猛 rare
	Zhoushan	交關, 蠻, 猛, 堪, 出格, 木牢牢 rare
	Wenzhou	蠻, 蒙, 顯
Xiang	Changsha	很, 蠻
	Shuangfeng	蠻