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Only natural in Chinese: 当然 (dāng rán)

dāng rán

only natural

HSK 3Traditional: 當然2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1only natural
  2. 2as it should be
  3. 3certainly
  4. 4of course
  5. 5without doubt

Stroke order

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当
然

Zhuyin

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ㄉㄤ

dāng

ㄉ/ dㄤ/ ang—/ first tone

ㄖㄢˊ

rán

ㄖ/ rㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

当然

Simplified

當然

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 当然是的。

    dāng rán shì de。

    Yes, of course.

  • 哦，当然。

    ò， dāng rán。

    Oh, sure.

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Related words

当

dāng

(onom.) dong

然后

rán hòu

then

虽然

suī rán

although

突然

tū rán

sudden

当地

dāng dì

local

当时

dāng shí

then

果然

guǒ rán

really

忽然

hū rán

suddenly

既然

jì rán

since

竟然

jìng rán

unexpectedly

然而

rán ér

however

仍然

réng rán

still

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