Ziran

Ziran
Seal of ziran
Chinese name
Chinese自然
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinzìrán
Bopomofoㄗˋ ㄖㄢˊ
Wade–Gilestzŭ4-jan2
IPA[tsɨ̂.ɻǎn]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanizationjihyìhn
Jyutpingzi6 jin4
IPA[tsi˨.jin˩]
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabettự nhiên
Korean name
Hangul자연
Transcriptions
Revised Romanizationjayeon
McCune–Reischauerchayŏn
Japanese name
Kanji自然
Kanaじねん, しぜん
Transcriptions
Romanizationjinen, shizen

Ziran, also rendered in the Wade-Giles romanization as tzu-jan, is a key concept in Taoism and East Asian Buddhism that literally means 'of its own' or 'by itself' and thus "naturally; natural; spontaneously; freely; in the course of events; of course; doubtlessly."