誠然

Chinese

		honest; sincere; true	so; thus; like this so; thus; like this; ‑ly; correct; right
trad. (誠然)		誠	然
simp. (诚然)		诚	然

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chéngrán

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄖㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing⁴ jin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chéngrán
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄖㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chéngrán
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng²-jan²
    • Yale: chéng-rán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngran
    • Palladius: чэнжань (čɛnžanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ʐän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing⁴ jin⁴
    • Yale: sìhng yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁴ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing⁴ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²¹ jiːn²¹/

Adverb

(deprecated template usage) 誠然

1. (literary) truly; really
2. (literary) no doubt; it is true; to be sure (correlatively with 但是)

Synonyms

• (truly):

(deprecated template usage)

• 坐實／坐实 (zuòshí)
• 實在／实在
• 當真／当真
• 的確／的确 (díquè)
• 的而且確／的而且确 (dik¹ ji⁴ ce² kok³) (Cantonese)
• 真正 (zhēnzhèng)
• 真真 (zhēnzhēn)
• 確乎／确乎
• 確實／确实 (quèshí)
• 著實／着实 (zhuóshí)