粵

上soeng5萬maan6

simp上万
soeng5 maan6shàng wàn

English

  1. over ten thousand
  2. fig. untold numbers
  3. innumerable
  4. thousands upon thousands
  5. up to tens of thousands

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 接近或者稍為超過一萬,係約略嘅估計

Examples

  • 皇上万岁。

    Long live the Emperor!

    Tatoeba · iiujik CC BY

  • 天上萬里無雲。

    Not a single cloud could be seen in the sky.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 成千上万的人死于瘟疫。

    Thousands upon thousands have died from the epidemic.

    Tatoeba · sadhen CC BY

  • 成千上万的人想要知道答案。

    Thousands of people wanted to know the answer.

    Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

  • 成千上万的士兵和市民死去了。

    Thousands upon thousands of soldiers and civilians died.

    Tatoeba · crescat CC BY

  • 成千上万的人对这个广告很失望。

    Thousands of people were very disappointed with this advertisement.

    Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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