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

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

to protect against a contingency; just in case

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