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Chinese
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startled
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so; thus; like this so; thus; like this; ‑ly; correct; right |
| trad. (愕然)
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愕
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然
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| simp. #(愕然)
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愕
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然
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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愕
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然
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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è
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rán
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ ngak ›
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‹ nyen ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*N-qʰˁak/
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/*a/
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| English
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scared
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so, thus; (adv suffix)
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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愕
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然
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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9466
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10756
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Phonetic
component
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屰
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肰
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Rime
group
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鐸
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元
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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咢
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然
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Old
Chinese
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/*ŋaːɡ/
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/*njen/
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Adjective
愕然
- (literary) stunned; astounded
Descendants
Japanese
Pronunciation
Adjective
愕然 • (gakuzen) †-tari (adnominal 愕然とした (gakuzen to shita) or 愕然たる (gakuzen taru), adverbial 愕然と (gakuzen to) or 愕然として (gakuzen to shite))
- amazed, astounded, astonished
Adverb
愕然 • (gakuzen)
- astoundedly, amazedly, astonishedly
Usage notes
Used with と.
References
Vietnamese
Verb
愕然
- chữ Hán form of ngạc nhiên (“to be surprised; to be astonished”)