當然

See also: 当然

Chinese

		to act as; represent; equal to act as; represent; equal; should; fitting; suitable; adequate; proper; replace; to be; to hold a position; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; match equally; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at	so; thus; like this so; thus; like this; ‑ly; correct; right
trad. (當然)		當	然
simp. (当然)		当	然

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dāngrán

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄤ ㄖㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dong¹ jin⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tông-yèn / tông-yàn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tong-liân / tong-jiân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dāngrán → dāngran (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄤ ㄖㄢˊ → ㄉㄤ ˙ㄖㄢ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dangrån
    • Wade–Giles: tang¹-jan⁵
    • Yale: dāng-ran
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dang.ran
    • Palladius: данжань (danžanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑŋ⁵⁵ ʐän³⁵/ → /tɑŋ⁵⁵ ʐän²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dong¹ jin⁴
    • Yale: dōng yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dong¹ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dong¹ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔːŋ⁵⁵ jiːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tông-yèn
    • Hakka Romanization System: dong´ ienˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: dong¹ yan²
    • Sinological IPA: /toŋ²⁴ i̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tông-yàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: dong´ (r)ianˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: dong¹ yan²
    • Sinological IPA: /toŋ²⁴ (j)i̯an¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tong-liân
    • Tâi-lô: tong-liân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: donglieen
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ³³ liɛn²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tong-jiân
    • Tâi-lô: tong-jiân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dongjieen
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ziɛn²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² d͡ziɛn¹³/

Adverb

(deprecated template usage) 當然

1. of course; surely

   這畢竟不是他的東西，他當然不會愛惜了。 [MSC, trad.]
   这毕竟不是他的东西，他当然不会爱惜了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè bìjìng bùshì tā de dōngxi, tā dāngrán bùhuì àixī le. [Pinyin]

   After all, this is not his stuff, of course he wouldn't treasure it.

Synonyms

• 固然 (gùrán)
• (Cantonese) 梗係／梗系
• (Cantonese) 實／实 (shí)
• (Min Nan) 在勢／在势

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 當然

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) natural

Related terms

• 肯定 (kěndìng)
• 確定／确定 (quèdìng)
• 一定 (yīdìng)

Further reading

• “Entry #9793”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

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