揚名立萬

Chinese

		to make a name for oneself; to become famous	set up; to stand	ten thousand; a great number; surname
trad. (揚名立萬)		揚名	立	萬
simp. (扬名立万)		扬名	立	万

Etymology

萬 / 蔓 (wàn), whose pronunciation is the colloquial reading of 蔓, is an argot meaning "surname". (Sun, 2006; Cai and Li, 2016)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yángmínglìwàn

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄌㄧˋ ㄨㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁴ ming⁴ laap⁶ maan⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yángmínglìwàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄌㄧˋ ㄨㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yángmínglìwàn
  - Wade–Giles: yang²-ming²-li⁴-wan⁴
  - Yale: yáng-míng-lì-wàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yangminglihwann
  - Palladius: янминливань (janminlivanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ³⁵ miŋ³⁵ li⁵¹⁻⁵³ wän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: joeng⁴ ming⁴ laap⁶ maan⁶
  - Yale: yèuhng mìhng laahp maahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁴ ming⁴ laap⁹ maan⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁴ ming⁴ lab⁶ man⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ²¹ mɪŋ²¹ laːp̚² maːn²²/

Idiom

揚名立萬

to make a name for oneself

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