望安

Chinese

		hope; expect; to visit hope; expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); look towards; towards	content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how
trad. (望安)		望	安
simp. ^#(望安)		望	安

Etymology

Homophonous replacement for 網垵 from 1920.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Wàng'ān

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˋ ㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mong⁶ on¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Mong-ôn
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Bāng-oaⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Wàng'ān
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˋ ㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Wàng-an
  - Wade–Giles: Wang⁴-an¹
  - Yale: Wàng-ān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wanqan
  - Palladius: Ванъань (Vanʺanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ⁵¹ ˀän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mong⁶ on¹
  - Yale: mohng ōn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mong⁶ on¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mong⁶ on¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːŋ²² ɔːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Mong-ôn
  - Hakka Romanization System: mong on´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mong⁴ on¹
  - Sinological IPA: /moŋ⁵⁵ on²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bāng-oaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: Bāng-uann
  - Phofsit Daibuun: baxng'voaf
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /baŋ³³⁻²¹ uã⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /baŋ³³⁻¹¹ uã⁴⁴/

Proper noun

望安

(～鄉) Wangan, Wang-an, Wang'an (a rural township in Penghu County, Taiwan)

Descendants

→ English: Wangan

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