# 必然
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bìrán
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄖㄢˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bit$^1$ jin$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pit-yèn / pit-yàn
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pit-liân / pit-jiân
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bìrán
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄖㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bìrán
*** Wade–Giles: pi$^4$-jan$^2$
*** Yale: bì-rán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihran
*** Palladius: бижань (bižanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /pi⁵¹ ʐän³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bit$^1$ jin$^4$
*** Yale: bīt yìhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bit$^7$ jin$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bid$^1$ yin$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /piːt̚⁵ jiːn²¹/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pit-yèn
*** Hakka Romanization System: bid$^ˋ$ ien$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: bid$^5$ yan$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /pit̚² i̯en¹¹/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pit-yàn
*** Hakka Romanization System: bid$^ˋ$ (r)ian$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: bid$^5$ yan$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /pit̚² (j)i̯an¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pit-liân
*** Tâi-lô: pit-liân
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pitlieen
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pit̚⁵⁻²⁴ liɛn²⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ liɛn²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pit-jiân
*** Tâi-lô: pit-jiân
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pitjieen
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pit̚³²⁻⁵ d͡ziɛn¹³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ ziɛn²³/

### Adjective

必然
* inevitable; certain

### Adverb

必然
* without fail; certainly; surely; definitely; inevitably
       Nǐ bǎ zhè shì gàosù tā, tā bìrán tiàojiǎo. [Pinyin]
       If you tell this to her, she will definitely go mad.

#### Synonyms

* 一定 (yīdìng)
* 保準 / 保准 (bǎozhǔn) (colloquial)
* 保管 (bǎoguǎn)
* 保險 / 保险 (bǎoxiǎn) (dialectal)
* 勢必 / 势必 (shìbì)
* 定必 (ding$^6$ bit$^1$) (Cantonese)
* 局 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 必定 (bìdìng)
* 決計 / 决计 (juéjì)
* 準保 / 准保 (zhǔnbǎo)
* 準定 / 准定 (zhǔndìng)
* 無疑 / 无疑 (wúyí)
* 硬額 / 硬额 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
* 肯定 (kěndìng)

#### Antonyms

* 偶然 (ǒurán)

### Noun

必然
* (philosophy) necessity

#### Antonyms

* 自由 (zìyóu)

### Derived terms

* 必然事件 (bìrán shìjiàn)
* 必然性 (bìránxìng)
* 必然王國 / 必然王国 (bìrán wángguó)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 必 | 然 |
| ひつ Grade: 4 | ぜん Grade: 4 |
| kan'on ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ひつぜん [hìtsúzéń] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [çit͡sɨzẽ̞ɴ]

### Adjective

必(ひつ)然(ぜん) • (hitsuzen) -na (adnominal 必(ひつ)然(ぜん)な (hitsuzen na), adverbial 必(ひつ)然(ぜん)に (hitsuzen ni))
* certain, inevitable, necessary

#### Synonyms

* 必至 (hisshi)
* 確実 (kakujitsu)

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “as an adjectival noun”): 不可能 (fukanō, “impossible”), 偶然 (gūzen, “incidental”), 可能 (kanō, “possible”)
* (antonym(s) of “as an adjective”): ありえない (arienai, “impossible”), ありうる (arieru, “possible”)

### Noun

必(ひつ)然(ぜん) • (hitsuzen)
* certainty, inevitability, necessity

#### Antonyms

* 不可能 (fukanō)
* 偶然 (gūzen)

### Derived terms

* 必然性(ひつぜんせい) (hitsuzensei)
* 必然的(ひつぜんてき) (hitsuzen-teki)

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 必 | 然 |

### Noun

必然 • (piryeon) (hangeul 필연)
* hanja form of 필연 (“necessity”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 必 | 然 |

### Adverb

必然
* chữ Hán form of tất nhiên (“inevitably; naturally; of course”).