公然

Chinese

		just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister	so; thus; like this so; thus; like this; ‑ly; correct; right
trad. (公然)		公	然
simp. #(公然)		公	然

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōngrán

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄖㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ jin⁴

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kong-liân / kong-jiân
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹kon-zoe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōngrán
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄖㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gongrán
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹-jan²
    • Yale: gūng-rán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongran
    • Palladius: гунжань (gunžanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ ʐän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gung¹ jin⁴
    • Yale: gūng yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ jiːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-liân
    • Tâi-lô: kong-liân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: konglieen
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ liɛn²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-jiân
    • Tâi-lô: kong-jiân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kongjieen
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ziɛn²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² d͡ziɛn¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹kon-zoe
    • MiniDict: kon^平 zoe
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹kon-zoe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /koŋ⁵⁵ zø²¹/

Adverb

公然

1. openly; overtly; out in public; publicly; undisguised

Synonyms

• 光天化日 (guāngtiānhuàrì)
• 公開／公开 (gōngkāi)
• 堂而皇之 (táng'érhuángzhī)
• 大搖大擺／大摇大摆 (dàyáodàbǎi)
• 招搖過市／招摇过市 (zhāoyáoguòshì)
• 明火執仗／明火执仗
• 明目張膽／明目张胆 (míngmùzhāngdǎn)
• 眾目睽睽／众目睽睽 (zhòngmùkuíkuí)

 

Related terms

• 公開／公开 (gōngkāi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
公	然
こう Grade: 2	ぜん Grade: 4
kan’on

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こーぜん [kòózéń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːzẽ̞ɴ]

Adjective

公(こう)然(ぜん) • (kōzen) ^{←こうぜん (kouzen)?†}-tari (adnominal 公(こう)然(ぜん)とした (kōzen to shita) or 公(こう)然(ぜん)たる (kōzen taru), adverbial 公(こう)然(ぜん)と (kōzen to) or 公(こう)然(ぜん)として (kōzen to shite))

1. openly; overtly; out in public; publicly; undisguised

   公然(こうぜん)の秘密(ひみつ)

   kōzen no himitsu

   open secret