漠然

Chinese

		desert; unconcerned	so; thus; like this so; thus; like this; ‑ly; correct; right
trad. (漠然)		漠	然
simp. ^#(漠然)		漠	然

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mòrán

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ ㄖㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mok⁶ jin⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mòrán
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ ㄖㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mòrán
  - Wade–Giles: mo⁴-jan²
  - Yale: mwò-rán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mohran
  - Palladius: можань (možanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʐän³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    漠然
    驀然 / 蓦然
    默然
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mok⁶ jin⁴
  - Yale: mohk yìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mok⁹ jin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mog⁶ yin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːk̚² jiːn²¹/

Adjective

漠然

indifferent; apathetic; cold

Derived terms

漠然不動 / 漠然不动
漠然不覺 / 漠然不觉
漠然不顧 / 漠然不顾
漠然置之 (mòránzhìzhī)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
漠	然
ばく Grade: S	ぜん Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ばくぜん [bàkúzéń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ba̠kɯ̟zẽ̞ɴ]

Adjective

漠(ばく)然(ぜん) • (bakuzen) ^†-tari (adnominal 漠(ばく)然(ぜん)とした (bakuzen to shita) or 漠(ばく)然(ぜん)たる (bakuzen taru), adverbial 漠(ばく)然(ぜん)と (bakuzen to) or 漠(ばく)然(ぜん)として (bakuzen to shite))

vague, indistinct
- 1932, Motojirō Kajii, のんきな患者:
  たとえ吉田(よしだ)は漠然(ばくぜん)とそれを感(かん)じることができても
  tatoe yoshida wa bakuzen to sore o kanjiru koto ga dekite mo
  even if Yoshida could sense it vaguely, [...]

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

[NHK-1] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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