"枉然" meaning in Chinese

See 枉然 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐän³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /wɔːŋ³⁵ jiːn²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /voŋ³¹ i̯en¹¹/ [Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /voŋ³¹ (j)i̯an¹¹/ [Hakka, Sinological-IPA], /ɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɛn²⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /ɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ziɛn²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐän³⁵/, /wɔːŋ³⁵ jiːn²¹/, /voŋ³¹ i̯en¹¹/, /voŋ³¹ (j)i̯an¹¹/, /ɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɛn²⁴/, /ɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ziɛn²³/ Chinese transliterations: wǎngrán [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄨㄤˇ ㄖㄢˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], wong² jin⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], vóng-yèn [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], vóng-yàn [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], óng-liân, óng-jiân, wǎngrán [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], wǎngrán [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], wang³-jan² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], wǎng-rán [Mandarin, Yale], woangran [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], ванжань [Mandarin, Palladius], vanžanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], wóng yìhn [Cantonese, Yale], wong² jin⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], wong² yin⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], vóng-yèn [Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], vong^ˋ ien^ˇ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Miaoli, Northern, Sixian], vong³ yan² [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Sixian], vóng-yàn [Hakka, Phak-fa-su], vong^ˋ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System], r [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System], ian^ˇ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System], vong³ yan² [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka], óng-liân [Hokkien, POJ], óng-liân [Hokkien, Tai-lo], ofnglieen [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], óng-jiân [Hokkien, POJ], óng-jiân [Hokkien, Tai-lo], ofngjieen [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun]
Head templates: {{head|zh|adjective}} 枉然
  1. futile; fruitless; in vain Synonyms: 徒然 (túrán)
    Sense id: en-枉然-zh-adj-p1XErdyJ Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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      "zh-pron": "wǎngrán"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄤˇ ㄖㄢˊ"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vóng-yèn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vóng-yàn"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "óng-liân"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "óng-jiân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wǎngrán"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wǎngrán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wang³-jan²"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wǎng-rán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "woangran"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ванжань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vanžanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐän³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wóng yìhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wong² jin⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wong² yin⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɔːŋ³⁵ jiːn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vóng-yèn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vong^ˋ ien^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vong³ yan²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/voŋ³¹ i̯en¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vóng-yàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vong^ˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "r"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ian^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vong³ yan²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/voŋ³¹ (j)i̯an¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "óng-liân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "óng-liân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ofnglieen"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɛn²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "óng-jiân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "óng-jiân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ofngjieen"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ziɛn²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐän³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɔːŋ³⁵ jiːn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/voŋ³¹ i̯en¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/voŋ³¹ (j)i̯an¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɛn²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ziɛn²³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "枉然"
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          "fruitless",
          "fruitless"
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        ]
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        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wǎngrán"
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄤˇ ㄖㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wong² jin⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vóng-yèn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vóng-yàn"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "óng-liân"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "óng-jiân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wǎngrán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wǎngrán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wang³-jan²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wǎng-rán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "woangran"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ванжань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vanžanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐän³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wóng yìhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wong² jin⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wong² yin⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɔːŋ³⁵ jiːn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vóng-yèn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vong^ˋ ien^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vong³ yan²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/voŋ³¹ i̯en¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vóng-yàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vong^ˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "r"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ian^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vong³ yan²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/voŋ³¹ (j)i̯an¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "óng-liân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "óng-liân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ofnglieen"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɛn²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "óng-jiân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "óng-jiân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ofngjieen"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ziɛn²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐän³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɔːŋ³⁵ jiːn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/voŋ³¹ i̯en¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/voŋ³¹ (j)i̯an¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɛn²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ziɛn²³/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "túrán",
      "word": "徒然"
    }
  ],
  "word": "枉然"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 枉然 meaning in Chinese (3.5kB)

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