枉然

Chinese

		in the wrong; in vain	so; thus; like this so; thus; like this; ‑ly; correct; right
trad. (枉然)		枉	然
simp. ^#(枉然)		枉	然

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wǎngrán

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˇ ㄖㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wong² jin⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): vóng-yèn / vóng-yàn

(Hailu, HRS): vong^ˊ rhan
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): orng³ zeng²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): óng-liân / óng-jiân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wǎngrán
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˇ ㄖㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wǎngrán
  - Wade–Giles: wang³-jan²
  - Yale: wǎng-rán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woangran
  - Palladius: ванжань (vanžanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐän³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wong² jin⁴
  - Yale: wóng yìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wong² jin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wong² yin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ³⁵ jiːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vóng-yèn
  - Hakka Romanization System: vong^ˋ ien^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vong³ yan²
  - Sinological IPA: /voŋ³¹ i̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vóng-yàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: vong^ˋ (r)ian^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vong³ yan²
  - Sinological IPA: /voŋ³¹ (j)i̯an¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: vong^ˊ rhan
  - Sinological IPA: /voŋ²⁴⁻³³ ʒan⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: orng³ zeng² [Phonetic: orng² neng²]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ô̤ng-céng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɒŋ⁴⁵³⁻¹³ ^(t͡s-)nɛŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: orng³ zeng² [Phonetic: orng¹ neng²]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɒŋ³³²⁻⁵⁵ ^(t͡s-)nɛŋ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: óng-liân
  - Tâi-lô: óng-liân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ofnglieen
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɛn²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: óng-jiân
  - Tâi-lô: óng-jiân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ofngjieen
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ziɛn²³/

Adjective

枉然

futile; fruitless; in vain

Synonyms

徒然 (túrán)

References

莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “枉然”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 426.