甘願

See also: 甘愿

Chinese

		sweet; willingly; Gansu province (abbrev.)	hope; wish; desire hope; wish; desire; ready; willing
trad. (甘願)		甘	願
simp. (甘愿)		甘	愿

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gānyuàn

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄢㄩㄢˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gam¹ jyun⁶

(Taishan, Wiktionary): gam¹ ngun⁵
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): kâm-ngien / kâm-ngian

(Hailu, HRS): gam^ˋ ngien^˖
Northern Min (KCR): gó̤ng-ngṳ̄ing
Eastern Min (BUC): găng-nguông
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gang¹ nguei⁵ / gang¹ ngui⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kam-goān

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gānyuàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄢㄩㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ganyuàn
  - Wade–Giles: kan¹-yüan⁴
  - Yale: gān-ywàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ganyuann
  - Palladius: ганьюань (ganʹjuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän⁵⁵ ɥɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gam¹ jyun⁶
  - Yale: gām yuhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ jyn⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ yun⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ jyːn²²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: gam¹ ngun⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kam³³ ᵑɡun³²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâm-ngien
  - Hakka Romanization System: gam^ˊ ngien
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gam¹ ngian⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kam²⁴⁻¹¹ ŋi̯en⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâm-ngian
  - Hakka Romanization System: gam^ˊ ngian
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gam¹ ngian⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kam²⁴⁻¹¹ ŋi̯an⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: gam^ˋ ngien^˖
  - Sinological IPA: /kam⁵³ ŋien³³/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gó̤ng-ngṳ̄ing
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔŋ⁵⁴ ŋyiŋ⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: găng-nguông
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ŋuɔŋ²⁴²/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: gang¹ nguei⁵ [Phonetic: gang² nguei⁵]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gang-ngōi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaŋ⁵³³⁻¹³ ŋuei¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: gang¹ ngui⁵ [Phonetic: gang² ngui⁵]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²⁴ ŋui²¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: gang¹ ngui⁵ [Phonetic: gang² mui⁵]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²⁴ ^(ŋ-)mui²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kam-goān
  - Tâi-lô: kam-guān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kamgoan
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kam⁴⁴⁻²² ɡuan²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kam³³ ɡuan⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kam⁴⁴⁻²² ɡuan²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kam⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡuan³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kam⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡuan³³/

Verb

甘願

to be willing; to be ready

Synonyms

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克根 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
心甘 (xīngān)
心甘情願 / 心甘情愿 (xīngānqíngyuàn)
情願 / 情愿 (qíngyuàn)
樂意 / 乐意 (lèyì)
樂於 / 乐于 (lèyú)
甘心 (gānxīn)
甜心 (tiánxīn) (literary)
願 / 愿 (yuàn)
願意 / 愿意 (yuànyì)
高興 / 高兴 (gāoxìng)

Derived terms

甘願做牛，毋驚無犁通拖 / 甘愿做牛，毋惊无犁通拖

References

“甘願”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “甘愿”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 194.
李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 33.