愕然

Chinese

		startled	so; thus; like this so; thus; like this; ‑ly; correct; right
trad. (愕然)		愕	然
simp. #(愕然)		愕	然

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): èrán

  (Zhuyin): ㄜˋ ㄖㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngok⁶ jin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: èrán
    • Zhuyin: ㄜˋ ㄖㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: èrán
    • Wade–Giles: o⁴-jan²
    • Yale: è-rán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ehran
    • Palladius: эжань (ežanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ⁵¹ ʐän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngok⁶ jin⁴
    • Yale: ngohk yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngok⁹ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngog⁶ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːk̚² jiːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ngak nyen

Rime
Character	愕	然
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	唐 (103)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	五各切	如延切
Baxter	ngak	nyen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɑk̚/	/ȵiᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋɑk̚/	/ȵiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɑk̚/	/ȵʑjæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋak̚/	/ȵian/
Li Rong	/ŋɑk̚/	/ȵiɛn/
Wang Li	/ŋɑk̚/	/ȵʑĭɛn/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋɑk̚/	/ȵʑi̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	è	rán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngok6	jin4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*N-qʰˤak  [n]a[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːɡ  njen/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	愕	然
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	è	rán
Middle Chinese	‹ ngak ›	‹ nyen ›
Old Chinese	/*N-qʰˁak/	/*[n]a[n]/
English	scared	so, thus; (adv suffix)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	愕	然
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	9466	10756
Phonetic component	屰	肰
Rime group	鐸	元
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	咢	然
Old Chinese	/*ŋaːɡ/	/*njen/

Adjective

愕然

1. (literary) stunned; astounded

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (愕然):

• → Japanese: 愕然(がくぜん) (gakuzen)
• → Vietnamese: ngạc nhiên (愕然)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
愕	然
がく Hyōgaiji	ぜん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
がく然

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) がくぜん [gàkúzéń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɡa̠kɯ̟ᵝzẽ̞ɴ]

Adjective

愕(がく)然(ぜん) • (gakuzen) ^†-tari (adnominal 愕(がく)然(ぜん)とした (gakuzen to shita) or 愕(がく)然(ぜん)たる (gakuzen taru), adverbial 愕(がく)然(ぜん)と (gakuzen to) or 愕(がく)然(ぜん)として (gakuzen to shite))

1. amazed, astounded, astonished

Adverb

愕(がく)然(ぜん) • (gakuzen) 

1. astoundedly, amazedly, astonishedly

Usage notes

Used with と.

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
愕	然

Verb

愕然

1. chữ Hán form of ngạc nhiên (“to be surprised; to be astonished”).