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果然

果然

Chinese

		fruit; result	correct; right; so correct; right; so; thus; like this; -ly
simp. and trad. (果然)		果	然

Adverb

果然

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): guǒrán

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˇ ㄖㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwo² jin⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kó-yèn / kó-yàn
Min Nan (POJ): kó-jiân / kó-liân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: guǒrán
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˇ ㄖㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guooran
  - IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʐa̠n³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwo² jin⁴
  - Yale: gwó yìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwo² jin⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /kʷɔː³⁵ jiːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kó-yèn
  - Hakka Romanization System: go` ienˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: go³ yan²
  - IPA: /ko³¹ i̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kó-yàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: go` (r)ianˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: go³ yan²
  - IPA: /ko³¹ (j)i̯an¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó-jiân / kó-liân
  - Tâi-lô: kó-jiân / kó-liân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koyjieen, koylieen
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kɤ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡ʑiɛn²⁴/, /kɤ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɤ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ d͡ʑiɛn²⁴/, /kɤ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɤ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡ʑiɛn¹³/, /kɤ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɛn¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ko⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡ʑiɛn²⁴/, /ko⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ d͡ʑiɛn²³/, /kɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɛn²³/