砉然

Chinese

			so; thus; like this so; thus; like this; ‑ly; correct; right
trad. (砉然)		砉	然
simp. #(砉然)		砉	然

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xūrán, huārán, huòrán

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩ ㄖㄢˊ, ㄏㄨㄚ ㄖㄢˊ, ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄖㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waak⁶ jin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xūrán
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩ ㄖㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syurán
    • Wade–Giles: hsü¹-jan²
    • Yale: syū-rán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuran
    • Palladius: сюйжань (sjujžanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵⁵ ʐän³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huārán
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ ㄖㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huarán
    • Wade–Giles: hua¹-jan²
    • Yale: hwā-rán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huaran
    • Palladius: хуажань (xuažanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ ʐän³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan, Malaysia and Singapore)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huòrán
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄖㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huòrán
    • Wade–Giles: huo⁴-jan²
    • Yale: hwò-rán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huohran
    • Palladius: хожань (xožanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʐän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: waak⁶ jin⁴
    • Yale: waahk yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waak⁹ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wag⁶ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːk̚² jiːn²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 或然 砉然

Noun

砉然

1. (literary) the sound given off when skin and bone separate

Japanese

Kanji in this term
砉	然
けき Hyōgaiji	ぜん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 砉然. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) けきぜん [kèkízéń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ke̞kʲizẽ̞ɴ]

Adjective

砉(けき)然(ぜん) • (kekizen) ^†-tari (adnominal 砉(けき)然(ぜん)とした (kekizen to shita) or 砉(けき)然(ぜん)たる (kekizen taru), adverbial 砉(けき)然(ぜん)と (kekizen to) or 砉(けき)然(ぜん)として (kekizen to shite))

1. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) giving off a noise like flaying
   • 1905, Natsume Sōseki, Kairo-kō‎^[1]:

     砉然と故なきに響を起して、白き筋の横縦に鏡に浮くとき、その人末期の覚悟せよ。

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)