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However in Chinese: 然而 (rán ér)

rán ér

however

HSK 3.0 Level 42 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1however; yet; but

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Zhuyin

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ㄖㄢˊ

rán

ㄖ/ rㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

ㄦˊ

ér

ㄦ/ erˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 然而，相反的理论往往也是真的。

    rán ér， xiāng fǎn de lǐ lùn wǎng wǎng yě shì zhēn de。

    And yet, the contrary is always true as well.

  • 然而这也算不上什么像样的东西。

    rán ér zhè yě suàn bú shàng shén me xiàng yàng de dōng xī。

    But it isn't even worth calling stuff.

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Related words

而

ér

and

当然

dāng rán

only natural

而且

ér qiě

(not only ...) but also

然后

rán hòu

then

虽然

suī rán

although

突然

tū rán

sudden

果然

guǒ rán

really

忽然

hū rán

suddenly

既然

jì rán

since

竟然

jìng rán

unexpectedly

仍然

réng rán

still

自然

zì rán

nature

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