果然

Chinese

		fruit; result	so; thus; like this so; thus; like this; ‑ly; correct; right
trad. (果然)		果	然
simp. ^#(果然)		果	然

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guǒrán

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˇ ㄖㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwo² jin⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kó-yèn / kó-yàn
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kó͘-liân / kó-liân / kó-jiân
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵ku-zoe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guǒrán
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˇ ㄖㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guǒrán
  - Wade–Giles: kuo³-jan²
  - Yale: gwǒ-rán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guooran
  - Palladius: гожань (gožanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐän³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwo² jin⁴
  - Yale: gwó yìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwo² jin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: guo² yin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔː³⁵ jiːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kó-yèn
  - Hakka Romanization System: go^ˋ ien^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: go³ yan²
  - Sinological IPA: /ko³¹ i̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kó-yàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: go^ˋ (r)ian^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: go³ yan²
  - Sinological IPA: /ko³¹ (j)i̯an¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘-liân
  - Tâi-lô: kóo-liân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koflieen
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ liɛn²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó-liân
  - Tâi-lô: kó-liân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koylieen
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /ko⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɛn²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó-jiân
  - Tâi-lô: kó-jiân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koyjieen
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ziɛn²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ko⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡ziɛn¹³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵ku-zoe
  - MiniDict: ku^去 zoe
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²ku-zoe
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ku³³ zø⁴⁴/

Adverb

果然

as expected
果然不出我所料 ― guǒrán bù chū wǒ suǒ liào ― just as I expected

他果然没在家。 ― Tā guǒrán méi zàijiā. ― He wasn't at home, just as expected.

Synonyms

果真 (guǒzhēn)
果不其然 (guǒbùqírán)

Conjunction

果然

even; even if; if indeed
新方法也不是完美的；果然如此，它比老方法好得多。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
Xīn fāngfǎ yě bùshì wánměi de; guǒrán rúcǐ, tā bǐ lǎo fāngfǎ hǎo de duō. [Pinyin]
The new method is not perfect; even so, it is much better than the old one.

Synonyms

果真 (guǒzhēn)

Adjective

果然

(Classical) full (after meal)

Noun

果然

(literary, historical) a kind of long-tailed ape