永珍

Chinese

		forever; always; perpetual (ly)	precious thing; treasure
simp. and trad. (永珍)		永	珍

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of Lao ວຽງຈັນ (wīang chan), via Cantonese.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Yǒngzhēn

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˇ ㄓㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wing⁵ zan¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Yǒngzhēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˇ ㄓㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yeongjen
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wing⁵ zan¹
  - Yale: wíhng jān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wing⁵ dzan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wing⁵ zen¹
  - IPA ^(key): /wɪŋ¹³ t͡sɐn⁵⁵/

Proper noun

永珍

(Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore) Vientiane (capital city of Laos)

Synonyms

(Mainland China) 萬象／万象 (wànxiàng)

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