依然

依然

Chinese

		according to; depend on; near to according to; depend on; near to; (Min Dong) kinship prefix	so; thus; like this so; thus; like this; ‑ly; correct; right
simp. and trad. (依然)		依	然

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīrán

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄖㄢˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): ji¹ jin⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): yi¹ ngen^3*

• Min Nan (POJ): i-jiân / i-liân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yīrán
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄖㄢˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iran
    • IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵ ʐän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji¹ jin⁴
    • Yale: yī yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji¹ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi¹ yin⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /jiː⁵⁵ jiːn²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: yi¹ ngen^3*
    • IPA ^(key): /ʒi³³ ᵑgen²²⁻²²⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: i-jiân
    • Tâi-lô: i-jiân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ijieen
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /i⁴⁴⁻³³ ʑiɛn²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /i⁴⁴⁻²² d͡ʑiɛn¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: i-liân
    • Tâi-lô: i-liân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ilieen
    • IPA (Xiamen): /i⁴⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /i⁴⁴⁻³³ liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /i³³ liɛn²⁴/

Adverb

依然

1. as it was before; still

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 依然

仍是 (réngshì) 仍然 (réngrán) 仍舊／仍旧 (réngjiù) 依舊／依旧 (yījiù) 兀自 (wùzì) (dialectal or archaic) 嘛閣／嘛阁 (Min Nan)

猶是／犹是 (Min Nan) 猶然／犹然 (yóurán) 猶自／犹自 (yóuzì) 還／还 (hái) 還是／还是 (háishì) 都係／都系 (Cantonese)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
依	然
い Grade: S	ぜん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Adjective

依然 (-tari inflection, hiragana いぜん, rōmaji izen)

1. same (as before)

Adverb

依然 (hiragana いぜん, rōmaji izen)

1. as it did before, still, as ... as ever

References

• 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN