萬中無一

Chinese

		ten thousand; a great number; surname	middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	not have	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)
trad. (萬中無一)		萬	中	無	一
simp. (万中无一)		万	中	无	一
Literally: “not even one in ten thousand”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wànzhōngwúyī

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˋ ㄓㄨㄥㄨˊ ㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶ zung¹ mou⁴ jat¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wànzhōngwúyī
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄓㄨㄥㄨˊ ㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wànjhongwúyi
  - Wade–Giles: wan⁴-chung¹-wu²-i¹
  - Yale: wàn-jūng-wú-yī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wannjongwui
  - Palladius: ваньчжунъуи (vanʹčžunʺui)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ u³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: maan⁶ zung¹ mou⁴ jat¹
  - Yale: maahn jūng mòuh yāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶ dzung¹ mou⁴ jat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: man⁶ zung¹ mou⁴ yed¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn²² t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ mou̯²¹ jɐt̚⁵/

Idiom

萬中無一

(figuratively) one in a million; extremely rare

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