果然

Chinese

		fruit; result	so; thus; like this so; thus; like this; ‑ly; correct; right
simp. and trad. (果然)		果	然

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guǒrán

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˇ ㄖㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwo² jin⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kó-yèn / kó-yàn
Min Nan (POJ): kó͘-liân / kó-liân / kó-jiân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: guǒrán
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˇ ㄖㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guuoran
  - IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʐa̠n³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwo² jin⁴
  - Yale: gwó yìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwo² jin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: guo² yin⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /kʷɔː³⁵ jiːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kó-yèn
  - Hakka Romanization System: go` ienˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: go³ yan²
  - IPA: /ko³¹ i̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kó-yàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: go` (r)ianˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: go³ yan²
  - IPA: /ko³¹ (j)i̯an¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘-liân
  - Tâi-lô: kóo-liân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koflieen
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ liɛn²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó-liân
  - Tâi-lô: kó-liân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koylieen
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /ko⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɛn²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó-jiân
  - Tâi-lô: kó-jiân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koyjieen
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ʑiɛn²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ko⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡ʑiɛn¹³/

Adverb

果然

as expected
果然不出我所料 ― guǒrán bù chū wǒ suǒ liào ― just as I expected

Synonyms

果真 (guǒzhēn)

Conjunction

果然

even; even if; if indeed
新方法也不是完美的；果然如此，它比老方法好得多。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
Xīn fāngfǎ yě bùshì wánměi de; guǒrán rúcǐ, tā bǐ lǎo fāngfǎ hǎo de duō. [Pinyin]
The new method is not perfect; even so, it is much better than the old one.

Synonyms

果真 (guǒzhēn)

Adjective

果然

full

Noun

果然

(literary, historical) a kind of long-tailed ape

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