然鵝

Chinese

		so; thus; like this so; thus; like this; ‑ly; correct; right	goose
trad. (然鵝)		然	鵝
simp. (然鹅)		然	鹅

Etymology

Imitation of a Southerner's speech, where the rhotic syllable ‹ér› is corrupted to ‹é›.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rán'é

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄢˊ ㄜˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rán'é
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄢˊ ㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rán-é
    • Wade–Giles: jan²-o²
    • Yale: rán-é
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: raner
    • Palladius: жаньэ (žanʹe)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐän³⁵ ˀɤ³⁵/

Conjunction

然鵝

1. (neologism, slang) Alternative form of 然而 (rán'ér, “however; but”)