砉然

Chinese

			so; thus; like this so; thus; like this; ‑ly; correct; right
simp. and trad. (砉然)		砉	然

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huòrán

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄖㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waak⁶ jin⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: huòrán
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄖㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huohran
  - IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʐa̠n³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    或然
    砉然
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: waak⁶ jin⁴
  - Yale: waahk yìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waak⁹ jin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wag⁶ yin⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /wɑːk̚² jiːn²¹/
  - Homophones:
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    或然
    砉然

Noun

砉然

(literary) the sound given off when skin and bone separate

Japanese

Kanji in this term
砉	然
けき Hyōgaiji	ぜん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 砉然.

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) けきぜん [kèkízéń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [ke̞kʲizẽ̞ɴ]

Adjectival noun

砉然 (-tari inflection, hiragana けきぜん, rōmaji kekizen)

(The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought): giving off a noise like separation of skin from bone

1905, Natsume Sōseki, Kairo-kō‎:
砉然と故なきに響を起して、白き筋の横縦に鏡に浮くとき、その人末期の覚悟せよ。

References

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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