果然

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guǒrán

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˇ ㄖㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwo² jin⁴

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kó-yèn / kó-yàn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kó͘-liân / kó-liân / kó-jiân
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵ku-zoe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guǒrán
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˇ ㄖㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guǒrán
    • Wade–Giles: kuo³-jan²
    • Yale: gwǒ-rán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guooran
    • Palladius: гожань (gožanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwo² jin⁴
    • Yale: gwó yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwo² jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: guo² yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔː³⁵ jiːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kó-yèn
    • Hakka Romanization System: go` ienˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: go<sup>3</sup> yan<sup>2</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /ko³¹ i̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kó-yàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: go` (r)ianˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: go³ yan²
    • Sinological IPA: /ko³¹ (j)i̯an¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (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 ziɛn²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ko⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡ziɛn¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵ku-zoe
    • MiniDict: ku^去 zoe
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²ku-zoe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ku³³ zø⁴⁴/

Adverb

果然

1. as expected

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

   他果然没在家。  ―  Tā guǒrán méi zàijiā.  ―  He wasn't at home, just as expected.

Synonyms

• 果真 (guǒzhēn)
• 果不其然 (guǒbùqírán)

Conjunction

果然

1. 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

1. (Classical) full (after meal)

Noun

果然

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