以防萬一

Chinese

		just in case; to avoid	what if; in case; if by chance
trad. (以防萬一)		以防	萬一
simp. (以防万一)		以防	万一

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐfángwànyī

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˇ ㄈㄤˊ ㄨㄢˋ ㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ fong⁴ maan⁶ jat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǐfángwànyī
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˇ ㄈㄤˊ ㄨㄢˋ ㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐfángwànyi
    • Wade–Giles: i³-fang²-wan⁴-i¹
    • Yale: yǐ-fáng-wàn-yī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiifarngwanni
    • Palladius: ифанваньи (ifanvanʹi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴⁻²¹ fɑŋ³⁵ wän⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁵ fong⁴ maan⁶ jat¹
    • Yale: yíh fòhng maahn yāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ fong⁴ maan⁶ jat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ fong⁴ man⁶ yed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ fɔːŋ²¹ maːn²² jɐt̚⁵/

Idiom

以防萬一

1. to protect against a contingency; just in case