當dong1然jin4

English

1. only natural
2. (adverb) absolutely
3. certainly; of course
4. used as a conjunction or in the beginning of a sentence, to supplement or to amend the contents mentioned previously
5. ex officio
6. as it should be
7. to express moral certainty
8. certainly
9. of course
10. without doubt

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 一定；冇懷疑
2. 用喺分句或句子開頭，對前面內容作出補充或修正
3. 因為本身嘅身份或職位，而自動得到嘅某種身份
4. 表達道德上嘅應然性

Examples

• 當然會員

  ex officio member

• 佢哋當然有啲共通點。

  Of course they resemble each other in some ways.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 開車撞到路人，當然唔可以一走了之啦。

  When one hits a pedestrian while driving, of course one cannot just drive away from the scene.

• 班會主席係由大家選出嚟嘅。當然，佢要願意做先得。

  The class president is elected by the class. Of course, he must be willing to assume the responsibility.

• 「你可唔可以借架車俾我啊？」「當然可以啦！」 ("nei5 ho2 m4 ho2 ji5 ze3 gaa3 ce1 bei2 ngo5 aa3?" "dong1 jin4 ho2 ji5 laa1!")

  "Can I borrow your car?" "Certainly!" ----

• 我哋會唔會描述一位畫家，話佢整咗某啲嘢出嚟？當然唔會，佢只不過係喺度模仿。

  Tatoeba · Matthewyau1367 CC BY

• 點解生活係痛苦嘅？點解我哋就算痛苦都要生活？ 當然，阿李從來都冇諗過噉嘅問題。

  Tatoeba CC BY

• 同事對工作上嘅人際關係順利當然好重要，但最重要嘅一點就係同你嘅直接上司相處得好好。

  Tatoeba CC BY