想當然

See also: 想当然

Chinese

		to think; to believe; to suppose to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss	of course; surely; natural of course; surely; natural; reasonable; understandable
trad. (想當然)		想	當然
simp. (想当然)		想	当然

Etymology

From a quote by Eastern Han politician Kong Rong. He once satirized someone's deed by fabricating a similar story in ancient history. When questioned about the authenticity of his story, he answered:

以今度之，想當然耳。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]

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以今度之，想当然耳。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

From: The Book of the Later Han, circa 5^th century CE

Yǐ jīn duó zhī, xiǎng dāng rán ěr. [Pinyin]

I saw what happened in our day and thought it must have been so.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎngdāngrán

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄉㄤ ㄖㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng² dong¹ jin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎngdāngrán
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄉㄤ ㄖㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎngdangrán
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang³-tang¹-jan²
    • Yale: syǎng-dāng-rán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheangdangran
    • Palladius: сянданжань (sjandanžanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑŋ⁵⁵ ʐän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng² dong¹ jin⁴
    • Yale: séung dōng yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng² dong¹ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng² dong¹ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ³⁵ tɔːŋ⁵⁵ jiːn²¹/

Verb

想當然

1. to take something for granted