Vientiane in Chinese

万象

Wàn xiàng

Capital of Laos

The capital of Vientiane (Laos) is written in Chinese as 万象. In Mandarin Chinese, this is pronounced Wàn xiàng — a phonetic rendering that follows standard transliteration conventions used in Chinese media and official documents.

Character-by-character pronunciation

万Wàn
象xiàng

万象 is written with 2 characters: 万 (Wàn), 象 (xiàng). Each character represents one syllable of the phonetic approximation of Vientiane.

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Chinese rendering follows standard transliteration conventions · for reference