已然

Chinese

		already; to stop; then already; to stop; then; afterwards	so; thus; like this so; thus; like this; ‑ly; correct; right
trad. (已然)		已	然
simp. #(已然)		已	然

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐrán

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˇ ㄖㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ jin⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): í-liân / í-jiân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǐrán
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˇ ㄖㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐrán
    • Wade–Giles: i³-jan²
    • Yale: yǐ-rán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiiran
    • Palladius: ижань (ižanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁵ jin⁴
    • Yale: yíh yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ jiːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: í-liân
    • Tâi-lô: í-liân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ylieen
    • IPA (Xiamen): /i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɛn²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: í-jiân
    • Tâi-lô: í-jiân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: yjieen
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /i⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ziɛn²³/

Adverb

已然

1. (literary) already

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 已經 (“already”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		已, 業, 業已, 既
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		已經, 已, 業經, 業已, 已然
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	已經, 已竟, 已就
	Taiwan	已經
	Singapore	已經
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	已經
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	已經
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	可價
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	已經
	Wuhan	已經
	Guilin	已經
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	已經
	Hefei	已經
Cantonese	Guangzhou	已經, 經已
	Hong Kong	已經, 經已
	Taishan	經已
	Yangjiang	應
	Singapore (Guangfu)	已經
Gan	Nanchang	已經
Hakka	Meixian	既經
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	既經
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	既經, 已經
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	既經
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	既經
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	既經
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	已經
Huizhou	Jixi	已經
Jin	Taiyuan	已經
Northern Min	Jian'ou	已經
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	已經
	Matsu	已經
Southern Min	Xiamen	已經
	Quanzhou	已經
	Zhangzhou	已經
	Taipei	已經
	Kaohsiung	已經
	Singapore (Hokkien)	已經
	Manila (Hokkien)	已經
	Chaozhou	已經
	Shantou	已經
	Jieyang	已經
	Pontianak (Teochew)	已經
Wu	Shanghai	已經
	Suzhou	已經
	Wenzhou	已經
Xiang	Changsha	現是, 已經
	Shuangfeng	已經, 既已經

Verb

已然

1. to be already so

Japanese

Kanji in this term
已	然
い Jinmeiyō	ぜん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いぜん [ìzéń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [izẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

已(い)然(ぜん) • (izen) ^{←いぜん (izen)?}

1. (chiefly grammar) already being so (see 已然形)

Derived terms

• 已然形(いぜんけい) (izenkei)