虽
然

Although in Chinese: 虽然 (suī rán)

suī rán

although

HSK 3Traditional: 雖然2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1although; even though (often used correlatively with 是 or 是 etc)

Stroke order

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虽
然

Zhuyin

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ㄙㄨㄟ

suī

ㄙ/ sㄨ/ uㄟ/ ei—/ first tone

ㄖㄢˊ

rán

ㄖ/ rㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

虽然

Simplified

雖然

Traditional

Example sentences

See 虽然 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 他虽然穷，却很幸福。

    tā suī rán qióng， què hěn xìng fú。

    Even though he's poor, he's happy.

  • 虽然我没在火车上睡觉。

    suī rán wǒ méi zài huǒ chē shàng shuì jiào。

    Although I haven't slept on the train.

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Related words

虽

suī

although

当然

dāng rán

only natural

然后

rán hòu

then

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

然而

rán ér

however

仍然

réng rán

still

自然

zì rán

nature

必然

bì rán

inevitable

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