固然

固然

Chinese

		hard; strong; solid hard; strong; solid; sure	so; thus; like this so; thus; like this; ‑ly; correct; right
simp. and trad. (固然)		固	然

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gùrán

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˋ ㄖㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu³ jin⁴
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): kò͘-liân / kò͘-jiân

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gu³ riêng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: gùrán
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˋ ㄖㄢˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guhran
    • IPA ^(key): /ku⁵¹ ʐa̠n³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu³ jin⁴
    • Yale: gu yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu³ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu³ yin⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /kuː³³ jiːn²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò͘-liân
    • Tâi-lô: kòo-liân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: korlieen
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔ¹¹⁻⁵³ liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔ²¹⁻⁵³ liɛn²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò͘-jiân
    • Tâi-lô: kòo-jiân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: korjieen
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ²¹⁻⁴¹ ʑiɛn²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ²¹⁻⁵³ d͡ʑiɛn¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gu³ riêng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kù jiêng
    • IPA ^(key): /ku²¹³⁻⁵⁵ d͡zieŋ⁵⁵/

Adverb

固然

1. admittedly; undoubtedly

Synonyms

• 當然／当然 (dāngrán)
• (Cantonese) 梗係／梗系
• (Cantonese) 實／实 (shí)

Conjunction

固然

1. it is true that; there is no doubt that