豁然

Chinese

		opening; stake all; sacrifice opening; stake all; sacrifice; crack; slit; clear; open; exempt (from); liberal-minded; play Chinese finger game	so; thus; like this so; thus; like this; ‑ly; correct; right
trad. (豁然)		豁	然
simp. #(豁然)		豁	然

Etymology

母目豁然即開，於此遂愈。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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母目豁然即开，于此遂愈。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: In Search of the Sacred, circa 3^rd century CE

Mǔ mù huòrán jí kāi, yú cǐ suì yù. [Pinyin]

All of a sudden, (Sheng Yan's) mother regained her sight and became healthy from now on.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huòrán

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄖㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huòrán
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄖㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huòrán
    • Wade–Giles: huo⁴-jan²
    • Yale: hwò-rán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huohran
    • Palladius: хожань (xožanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʐän³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 或然 砉然

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• Middle Chinese: xwat nyen

Rime
Character	豁	然
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	末 (64)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	呼括切	如延切
Baxter	xwat	nyen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/huɑt̚/	/ȵiᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷɑt̚/	/ȵiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/xuɑt̚/	/ȵʑjæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwat̚/	/ȵian/
Li Rong	/xuɑt̚/	/ȵiɛn/
Wang Li	/xuɑt̚/	/ȵʑĭɛn/
Bernard Karlgren	/xuɑt̚/	/ȵʑi̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huo	rán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fut3	jin4

Adjective

豁然

1. (literary) comprehended; understood
2. (literary) open and clear
3. (literary) optimistic
4. (literary) unconstrained; unfettered; unrestrained

Synonyms

• (open and clear): 開闊／开阔 (kāikuò)

Adverb

豁然

1. (literary) suddenly (enlightened, see the light, etc.); all of a sudden

Synonyms

• 一下 (yīxià)
• 一下子 (yīxiàzi)
• 一舉／一举 (yījǔ)
• 一頭／一头 (yītóu)
• 乍然 (zhàrán) (literary)
• 倏忽 (literary)
• 忽地 (hūdì)
• 忽然 (hūrán)
• 𢫦𢫦風／𢫦𢫦风 (Hakka)
• 暫／暂 (zàn) (literary)
• 猛 (měng)
• 猝然 (cùrán)
• 猛然 (měngrán)
• 突然 (tūrán)
• 突然間／突然间 (tūránjiān)
• 遽然 (jùrán) (literary)
• 陡 (dǒu) (literary, or in compounds)
• 陡然 (dǒurán)
• 霍然 (huòrán)
• 頓／顿 (literary)
• 頓然／顿然 (dùnrán)
• 驀地／蓦地
• 驀然／蓦然 (mòrán) (formal)
• 驟然／骤然 (zhòurán) (literary)

 

Derived terms

• 豁然貫通／豁然贯通
• 豁然開朗／豁然开朗 (huòránkāilǎng)