敢情

Chinese

		dare	feeling; emotion; passion feeling; emotion; passion; situation
trad. (敢情)		敢	情
simp. #(敢情)		敢	情

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǎnqing, gǎnqíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢˇ ˙ㄑㄧㄥ, ㄍㄢˇ ㄑㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam² cing⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan; Beijing dialect)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǎnqing
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢˇ ˙ㄑㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǎnci̊ng
    • Wade–Giles: kan³-chʻing⁵
    • Yale: gǎn-ching
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaan.ching
    • Palladius: ганьцин (ganʹcin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän²¹⁴ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǎnqíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢˇ ㄑㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǎncíng
    • Wade–Giles: kan³-chʻing²
    • Yale: gǎn-chíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaanchyng
    • Palladius: ганьцин (ganʹcin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam² cing⁴
    • Yale: gám chìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam² tsing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem² qing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm³⁵ t͡sʰɪŋ²¹/

Adverb

敢情

1. (colloquial Mandarin) it turns out unexpectedly that...
   • 2004, 臧希, 臧里, “第四个孩子” (11:59 from the start), in 家有儿女, season 1, episode 31, 孙桂田 (actor):

     敢情您是瞎猜的！ [Beijing Mandarin, trad. and simp.]

     Gǎnqing nín shì xiā cāi de! [Pinyin]

     It turns out you were just guessing at random!

2. (colloquial Mandarin) of course

   那敢情好！  ―  Nà gǎnqíng hǎo!  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• (it turns out that)
  • (Mandarin) 合著／合着 (hé zhe)
  • (Hokkien) 赫毋, 赫毋著／赫毋着