決然

Chinese

		breach (a dyke); to decide; to determine	so; thus; like this so; thus; like this; ‑ly; correct; right
trad. (決然)		決	然
simp. (决然)		决	然

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): juérán

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄖㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kyut³ jin⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: juérán
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄖㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jyuérán
  - Wade–Giles: chüeh²-jan²
  - Yale: jywé-rán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyueran
  - Palladius: цзюэжань (czjuežanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ ʐän³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kyut³ jin⁴
  - Yale: kyut yìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kyt⁸ jin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: küd³ yin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰyːt̚³ jiːn²¹/

Adjective

決然

(ideophonic) resolute; determined

Synonyms

堅決／坚决 (jiānjué)
果斷／果断 (guǒduàn)
決斷／决断 (juéduàn)

Derived terms

毅然決然／毅然决然 (yìránjuérán)

Adverb

決然

definitely; surely
- 現在的世界，是處在革命和戰爭的新時代，是資本主義決然死滅和社會主義決然興盛的時代。 [MSC, trad.]
  现在的世界，是处在革命和战争的新时代，是资本主义决然死灭和社会主义决然兴盛的时代。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1940, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《新民主主義論》 (On New Democracy), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
  Xiànzài de shìjiè, shì chǔzài gémìng hé zhànzhēng de xīnshídài, shì zīběnzhǔyì juérán sǐmiè hé shèhuìzhǔyì juérán xīngshèng de shídài. [Pinyin]
  The world today is in a new era of wars and revolutions, an era in which capitalism is unquestionably dying and socialism is unquestionably prospering.

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