必然

Chinese

		certainly; must; will certainly; must; will; necessarily	so; thus; like this so; thus; like this; ‑ly; correct; right
simp. and trad. (必然)		必	然

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìrán

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄖㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bit¹ jin⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pit-yèn / pit-yàn
• Min Nan (POJ): pit-liân / pit-jiân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bìrán
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄖㄢˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihran
    • IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ ʐa̠n³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bit¹ jin⁴
    • Yale: bīt yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bit⁷ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bid¹ yin⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /piːt̚⁵ jiːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pit-yèn
    • Hakka Romanization System: bid` ienˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bid<sup>5</sup> yan<sup>2</sup>
    • IPA: /pit̚² i̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pit-yàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: bid` (r)ianˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bid⁵ yan²
    • IPA: /pit̚² (j)i̯an¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pit-liân
    • Tâi-lô: pit-liân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pitlieen
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pit̚⁵⁻²⁴ liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ liɛn²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pit-jiân
    • Tâi-lô: pit-jiân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pitjieen
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pit̚³²⁻⁵ d͡ʑiɛn¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ ʑiɛn²³/

Adjective

必然

1. inevitable; certain

Adverb

必然

1. inevitably; certainly

Synonyms

• 必定 (bìdìng)

Antonyms

• 偶然 (ǒurán)

Noun

必然

1. (philosophy) necessity

Antonyms

• 自由 (zìyóu)

Derived terms

• 必然性

• 必然王國／必然王国 (bìrán wángguó)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
必	然
ひつ Grade: 4	ぜん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Adjectival noun

必然 (-na inflection, hiragana ひつぜん, rōmaji hitsuzen)

1. certain, inevitable, necessary

Compounds

• 必然的

Synonyms

• 必至
• 確実

Antonyms

• (as an adjectival noun): 不可能 (impossible), 偶然 (incidental), 可能 (possible)
• (as an adjective): ありえない (impossible), ありうる (possible)

Noun

必然 (hiragana ひつぜん, rōmaji hitsuzen)

1. certainty, inevitability, necessity

Antonyms

• 不可能
• 偶然