俄然

Chinese

		suddenly; very soon; Russian	so; thus; like this so; thus; like this; ‑ly; correct; right
trad. (俄然)		俄	然
simp. #(俄然)		俄	然

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): érán

  (Zhuyin): ㄜˊ ㄖㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngo⁴ jin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: érán
    • Zhuyin: ㄜˊ ㄖㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: érán
    • Wade–Giles: o²-jan²
    • Yale: é-rán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: erran
    • Palladius: эжань (ežanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ³⁵ ʐän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngo⁴ jin⁴
    • Yale: ngòh yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngo⁴ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngo⁴ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔː²¹ jiːn²¹/

Adverb

俄然

1. (literary) suddenly, all of a sudden

Japanese

Kanji in this term
俄	然
が Jinmeiyō	ぜん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) がぜん [gàzéń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɡa̠zẽ̞ɴ]

Adverb

俄(が)然(ぜん) • (gazen) 

1. suddenly; all of a sudden; abruptly

   Synonyms: 突然 (totsuzen), にわかに (niwaka ni)

Adjective

俄(が)然(ぜん) • (gazen) ^†-tari (adnominal 俄(が)然(ぜん)とした (gazen to shita) or 俄(が)然(ぜん)たる (gazen taru), adverbial 俄(が)然(ぜん)と (gazen to) or 俄(が)然(ぜん)として (gazen to shite))

1. sudden
   • 1910, 夏目漱石, それから‎^[1], 新字新仮名 edition, 青空文庫:

     毎年夏(まいとしなつ)の初(はじ)めに、多(おお)くの焼芋屋(やきいもや)が俄然(がぜん)として氷水屋(こおりみずや)に変化(へんか)するとき、第一番(だいいちばん)に馳(か)けつけて、汗(あせ)も出(で)ないのに、氷菓(アイスクリーム)を食(く)うものは誠太郎(せいたろう)である。

     Maitoshi natsu no hajime ni, ōku no yakiimoya ga gazen to shite kōrimizuya ni henka suru toki, daiichiban ni kaketsukete, ase mo denai no ni, aisu kurīmu o kuu mono wa Seitarō de aru.

     Every year at the beginning of summer, when many of the roasted sweet potato shops suddenly turn into ice water shops, Seitarō is the first to come rushing to them to eat ice cream despite not even breaking a sweat.

Usage notes

Most often used adverbially as 俄然(がぜん)として (gazen to shite, “suddenly”).