# 萬字
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wànzì
    (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˋ ㄗˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): maan$^6$ zi$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wànzì
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄗˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wànzìh
*** Wade–Giles: wan$^4$-tzŭ$^4$
*** Yale: wàn-dz̀
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanntzyh
*** Palladius: ваньцзы (vanʹczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /wän⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wànzìr
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄗˋㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wànzìhr
*** Wade–Giles: wan$^4$-tzŭ$^4$-ʼrh
*** Yale: wàn-dzìr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanntzell
*** Palladius: ваньцзыр (vanʹczyr)
*** Sinological IPA : /wän⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩ɻ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: maan$^6$ zi$^6$
*** Yale: maahn jih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: maan$^6$ dzi$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: man$^6$ ji$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /maːn²² t͡siː²²/

### Noun

萬字
* the character 卐 (wàn) or 卍 (wàn)
* (mahjong) character tile
* (Malaysia) 4-Digits (a type of lottery)
    From: 2020 August 22, “取缔控告难遏制 断黑市万字赌庄电源”, in Nanyang Siang Pau‎:
    Wēinán jǐngfāng hé Guónénggōngsī liánshǒu, qièduàn jiànzhùwù diànyuán, bǐ zǔduàn hēishì wànzì shōu zhù huódòng. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    From: 2021 October 13, “投注站重开一个月 万字票销售回到疫前80%”, in Nanyang Siang Pau‎:
    Wǒguó wànzì piào tóuzhù zhàn chóng kāi yīge yuè, zǒng xiāoshòu xùnsù huīfù zhì yìqíng qián de 80 %, fēnxīyuán yīncǐ kànhǎo cǐ hángyè kě hěn kuài huīfù guānghuī. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 萬字兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 萬子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 萬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 萬子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 萬字 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 萬字 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 萬子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 萬子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 萬字兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 萬子, 萬, 萬兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 萬字兒, 萬 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 萬 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 萬子, 萬兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 萬子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 萬子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 萬 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 萬 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 萬 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 萬字 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 萬 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 萬字 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 萬字 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 萬子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 萬字 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 萬字 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 萬字 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 萬字 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 萬字 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 萬字 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 萬字 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 萬子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 萬字 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 萬 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 萬字 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 萬子 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 萬子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 萬子 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 萬 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 萬 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 萬, 官 |
| Jin | Linhe | 萬貫 |
| Jin | Jining | 萬字, 萬貫 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 萬貫 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 萬子 |
| Jin | Handan | 萬 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 萬 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 萬子 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 萬子 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 萬子 |
* (4-Digits): 萬字票／万字票 (wànzìpiào)

#### Derived terms

* 萬字夾／万字夹 (wànzìjiā)
* 萬字旗／万字旗 (wànzìqí)
* 萬字票／万字票 (wànzìpiào)

### Further reading

* Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “萬字” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].