儼然

See also: 厳然 and 俨然

Chinese

		majestic; dignified	so; thus; like this so; thus; like this; ‑ly; correct; right
trad. (儼然)		儼	然
simp. (俨然)		俨	然

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǎnrán

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ ㄖㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jim⁵ jin⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): giám-liân / giám-jiân

(Teochew, Peng'im): ngiam² riang⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǎnrán
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄖㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǎnrán
  - Wade–Giles: yen³-jan²
  - Yale: yǎn-rán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeanran
  - Palladius: яньжань (janʹžanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐän³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jim⁵ jin⁴
  - Yale: yíhm yìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jim⁵ jin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yim⁵ yin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm¹³ jiːn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giám-liân
  - Tâi-lô: giám-liân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: giafmlieen
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /ɡiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡiam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ liɛn²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giám-jiân
  - Tâi-lô: giám-jiân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: giafmjieen
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡ziɛn¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡiam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ziɛn²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ngiam² riang⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngiám jiâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋiam⁵²⁻³⁵ d͡ziaŋ⁵⁵/

Adjective

儼然

(literary) neatly arranged
(literary) solemn; dignified

Adverb

儼然

just like; seem as if
obviously; clearly; evidently

Synonyms

(just like):

不啻 (bùchì) (literary)
似 (ci⁵) (Cantonese, Classical Chinese)
似乎 (sìhū)
似如 (si⁴ y²) (Xiang)
像 (xiàng)
像係／像系 (Hakka)
像是 (xiàngshì)
儼如／俨如 (yǎnrú) (literary)
儼若／俨若 (yǎnruò) (literary)
勝如／胜如 (⁵sen-zy) (Wu)
好似 (hǎosì)
好像 (hǎoxiàng)
如同 (rútóng)
好比 (hǎobǐ)
宛 (Classical Chinese, or compounds only)
宛如 (wǎnrú) (literary)
宛然 (wǎnrán) (literary)
宛若 (wǎnruò) (literary)
就像 (jiùxiàng)
彷彿／仿佛 (fǎngfú)
忽如 (hūrú) (literary)
恍若 (huǎngruò)
敢若 (Hokkien)
敢若是 (Hokkien)
𣍐輸／𫧃输 (bē-su) (Hokkien)
有如 (yǒurú) (formal)
猶似／犹似 (yóusì) (literary)
猶像／犹像 (yóuxiàng) (literary)
猶如／犹如 (yóurú) (formal)
甲像 (Hokkien)
甲像是 (Hokkien)
甲親像／甲亲像 (Hokkien)
看上去 (kàn shàngqù)
看似 (kànsì)
看來／看来 (kànlái)
看樣子／看样子 (kànyàngzi)
看起來／看起来 (kànqilai)
若 (Classical Chinese, or compounds only)
若像 (Hokkien)
若親像／若亲像 (Hokkien)
表面上 (biǎomiànshang)
親像／亲像 (Hakka, Hokkien)
象 (xiàng)
貌似 (màosì)
賽可／赛可 (Ningbonese)
較像／较像 (Hokkien)
較像是／较像是 (Hokkien)
較親像／较亲像 (Hokkien)
顯得／显得 (xiǎnde)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (儼然):

→ Japanese: 儼然(げんぜん) (genzen)
→ Korean: 엄연(儼然) (eomyeon)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
儼	然
げん Hyōgaiji	ぜん Grade: 4

Alternative spelling
厳然 (extended shinjitai)

Adjective

儼(げん)然(ぜん) • (genzen) ^†-tari (adnominal 儼(げん)然(ぜん)とした (genzen to shita) or 儼(げん)然(ぜん)たる (genzen taru), adverbial 儼(げん)然(ぜん)と (genzen to) or 儼(げん)然(ぜん)として (genzen to shite))

grave; solemn; majestic; stern; authoritative

Adverb

儼(げん)然(ぜん) • (genzen)

gravely, solemnly

Usage notes

Used with と.

Korean

Hanja in this term
儼	然

Noun

儼然 • (eomyeon) (hangeul 엄연)

Hanja form^? of 엄연.

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