必然

Chinese

		certainly; must; will certainly; must; will; necessarily	so; thus; like this so; thus; like this; ‑ly; correct; right
trad. (必然)		必	然
simp. #(必然)		必	然

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìrán

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄖㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bit¹ jin⁴

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pit-yèn / pit-yàn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pit-liân / pit-jiân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìrán
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄖㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìrán
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-jan²
    • Yale: bì-rán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihran
    • Palladius: бижань (bižanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ ʐän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bit¹ jin⁴
    • Yale: bīt yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bit⁷ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bid¹ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːt̚⁵ jiːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pit-yèn
    • Hakka Romanization System: bid` ienˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bid<sup>5</sup> yan<sup>2</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /pit̚² i̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pit-yàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: bid` (r)ianˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bid⁵ yan²
    • Sinological IPA: /pit̚² (j)i̯an¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pit-liân
    • Tâi-lô: pit-liân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pitlieen
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pit̚⁵⁻²⁴ liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ liɛn²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pit-jiân
    • Tâi-lô: pit-jiân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pitjieen
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pit̚³²⁻⁵ d͡ziɛn¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ ziɛn²³/

Adjective

必然

1. inevitable; certain

Adverb

必然

1. without fail; certainly; surely; definitely; inevitably

   你把這事告訴她，她必然跳腳。 [Taiwanese Mandarin, trad.]
   你把这事告诉她，她必然跳脚。 [Taiwanese Mandarin, simp.]

   Nǐ bǎ zhè shì gàosù tā, tā bìrán tiàojiǎo. [Pinyin]

   If you tell this to her, she will definitely go mad.

Synonyms

• 一定 (yīdìng)
• 保準／保准 (bǎozhǔn) (colloquial)
• 保管 (bǎoguǎn)
• 保險／保险 (bǎoxiǎn) (dialectal)
• 勢必／势必 (shìbì)
• 定必 (ding⁶ bit¹) (Cantonese)
• 局 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 必定 (bìdìng)
• 決計／决计 (juéjì)
• 準保／准保 (zhǔnbǎo)
• 準定／准定 (zhǔndìng)
• 無疑／无疑 (wúyí)
• 硬額／硬额 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 肯定 (kěndìng)

 

Antonyms

• 偶然 (ǒurán)

Noun

必然

1. (philosophy) necessity

Antonyms

• 自由 (zìyóu)

Derived terms

• 必然事件 (bìrán shìjiàn)
• 必然性 (bìránxìng)
• 必然王國／必然王国 (bìrán wángguó)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
必	然
ひつ Grade: 4	ぜん Grade: 4
kan’on

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ひつぜん [hìtsúzéń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [çit͡sɨᵝzẽ̞ɴ]

Adjective

必(ひつ)然(ぜん) • (hitsuzen) -na (adnominal 必(ひつ)然(ぜん)な (hitsuzen na), adverbial 必(ひつ)然(ぜん)に (hitsuzen ni))

1. certain, inevitable, necessary

Synonyms

• 必至 (hisshi)
• 確実 (kakujitsu)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "as an adjectival noun"): 不可能 (fukanō, “impossible”), 偶然 (gūzen, “incidental”), 可能 (kanō, “possible”)
• (antonym(s) of "as an adjective"): ありえない (arienai, “impossible”), ありうる (arieru, “possible”)

Noun

必(ひつ)然(ぜん) • (hitsuzen) 

1. certainty, inevitability, necessity

Antonyms

• 不可能 (fukanō)
• 偶然 (gūzen)

Derived terms

• 必然性(ひつぜんせい) (hitsuzensei)
• 必然的(ひつぜんてき) (hitsuzen-teki)

 

Korean

Hanja in this term
必	然

Noun

必然 • (piryeon) (hangeul 필연)

1. Hanja form^? of 필연 (“necessity”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
必	然

Adverb

必然

1. chữ Hán form of tất nhiên (“inevitably; naturally; of course”).