# 當然
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dāngrán
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄤ ㄖㄢˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): dong$^1$ jin$^4$ / dong$^1$ jin$^{4-2}$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tông-yèn / tông-yàn
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tong-liân / tong-jiân
    (Teochew, Peng'im): deng$^1$ riêng$^5$ / deng$^1$ riang$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dāngrán → dāngran (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄤ ㄖㄢˊ → ㄉㄤ ˙ㄖㄢ (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dangrån
*** Wade–Giles: tang$^1$-jan$^5$
*** Yale: dāng-ran
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dang.ran
*** Palladius: данжань (danžanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /tɑŋ⁵⁵ ʐän³⁵/ → /tɑŋ⁵⁵ ʐän²/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: dong$^1$ jin$^4$ / dong$^1$ jin$^{4-2}$
*** Yale: dōng yìhn / dōng yín
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dong$^1$ jin$^4$ / dong$^1$ jin$^{4-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dong$^1$ yin$^4$ / dong$^1$ yin$^{4-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɔːŋ⁵⁵ jiːn²¹/, /tɔːŋ⁵⁵ jiːn²¹⁻³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tông-yèn
*** Hakka Romanization System: dong$^ˊ$ ien$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: dong$^1$ yan$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /toŋ²⁴ i̯en¹¹/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tông-yàn
*** Hakka Romanization System: dong$^ˊ$ (r)ian$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: dong$^1$ yan$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /toŋ²⁴ (j)i̯an¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tong-liân
*** Tâi-lô: tong-liân
*** Phofsit Daibuun: donglieen
*** IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ liɛn²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /tɔŋ³³ liɛn²⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tong-jiân
*** Tâi-lô: tong-jiân
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dongjieen
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² d͡ziɛn¹³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ziɛn²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: deng$^1$ riêng$^5$ / deng$^1$ riang$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tṳng jiêng / tṳng jiâng
*** Sinological IPA : /tɯŋ³³⁻²³ d͡zieŋ⁵⁵/, /tɯŋ³³⁻²³ d͡ziaŋ⁵⁵/
* deng1 riêng5 - Chaozhou;
* deng1 riang5 - Shantou.

### Adverb

當然
* of course; surely
       Zhè bìjìng bùshì tā de dōngxi, tā dāngrán bùhuì àixī le. [Pinyin]
       After all, this is not his stuff, of course he wouldn't treasure it.
* ex officio

#### Synonyms

* 固然 (gùrán)
* 自然 (zìrán)
* (colloquial) 那是 (nàshì)
* (Cantonese) 梗係／梗系, 實／实 (shí), 固之然
* (Hokkien) 在勢／在势

### Adjective

當然
* natural; reasonable; understandable
* ex officio
    當然成員／当然成员 ― dāngrán chéngyuán ― ex officio member

### Derived terms

* 理所當然／理所当然 (lǐsuǒdāngrán)

### Related terms

* 肯定 (kěndìng)
* 確定／确定 (quèdìng)
* 一定 (yīdìng)

### Further reading

* “Entry #9793”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 當 | 然 |
| とう Hyōgai | ぜん Grade: 4 |
| on'yomi ||
For pronunciation and definitions of 當然 – see the following entry. :
| 【当然とうぜん】 | [adjective] natural, inevitable [adjective] natural, reasonable, proper [adverb] naturally, of course, as expected [adverb] inevitably [noun] naturality [noun] propriety [noun] inevitability |
(This term, 當然, is the kyūjitai of the above term.) :

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 當 | 然 |

### Adverb

當然 • (dang'yeon) (hangeul 당연)
* hanja form of 당연

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 當 | 然 |

### Adverb

當然
* chữ Hán form of đương nhiên.

### Adjective

當然
* chữ Hán form of đương nhiên.