漠然

Chinese

		desert; unconcerned	so; thus; like this so; thus; like this; ‑ly; correct; right
trad. (漠然)		漠	然
simp. #(漠然)		漠	然

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mòrán

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ ㄖㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mok⁶ jin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mòrán
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ ㄖㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mòrán
    • Wade–Giles: mo⁴-jan²
    • Yale: mwò-rán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mohran
    • Palladius: можань (možanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʐän³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 漠然 驀然／蓦然 默然

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mok⁶ jin⁴
    • Yale: mohk yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mok⁹ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mog⁶ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːk̚² jiːn²¹/

Adjective

漠然

1. indifferent; apathetic; cold

Derived terms

• 漠然不動／漠然不动
• 漠然不覺／漠然不觉
• 漠然不顧／漠然不顾
• 漠然置之 (mòránzhìzhī)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
漠	然
ばく Grade: S	ぜん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ばくぜん [bàkúzéń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ba̠kɯ̟ᵝzẽ̞ɴ]

Adjective

漠(ばく)然(ぜん) • (bakuzen) ^†-tari (adnominal 漠(ばく)然(ぜん)とした (bakuzen to shita) or 漠(ばく)然(ぜん)たる (bakuzen taru), adverbial 漠(ばく)然(ぜん)と (bakuzen to) or 漠(ばく)然(ぜん)として (bakuzen to shite))

1. vague, indistinct
   • 1932, Motojirō Kajii, のんきな患者:

     たとえ吉田(よしだ)は漠然(ばくぜん)とそれを感(かん)じることができても

     tatoe yoshida wa bakuzen to sore o kanjiru koto ga dekite mo

     even if Yoshida could sense it vaguely, [...]

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.