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依然

依然

Chinese

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

Adverb

依然

as it was before; still

Synonyms

還／还 (hái)
還是／还是 (háishì)
仍然 (réngrán)
仍舊／仍旧 (réngjiù)
仍是 (réngshì)
兀自 (wùzì)
猶然／犹然 (yóurán)
猶自／犹自 (yóuzì)

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, romaji izen)

same (as before)

Adverb

依然 ‎(hiragana いぜん, romaji izen)

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 4469021067

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yīrán

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄖㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji¹ jin⁴
Min Nan (POJ): i-jiân / i-liân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yīrán
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄖㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iran
  - IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵ ʐa̠n³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji¹ jin⁴
  - Yale: yī yìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji¹ jin⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /jiː⁵⁵ jiːn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: i-jiân
  - Tâi-lô: i-jiân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ijieen
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /i⁴⁴⁻²² d͡ʑiɛn¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /i⁴⁴⁻³³ d͡ʑiɛn²³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: i-liân
  - Tâi-lô: i-liân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ilieen
  - IPA (Xiamen): /i⁴⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /i³³ liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /i⁴⁴⁻³³ liɛn²⁴/