然而

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Mandarin [edit]

simpl. and trad.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: [ ʐan˧˥aɻ˧˥ ]
  • (file)

Conjunction [edit]

然而 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin rán'ér)

  1. (Elementary Mandarin, literary) but; yet

References [edit]

  • 1985, Jingrong (ed.) Wu, The Pinyin CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY (in Mandarin/English), Beijing, Hong Kong: The Commercial Press, ISBN 0471867969:
  • 2000, Jingmin (ed.) Shao, HSK Dictionary (HSK汉语水平考试词典) (in Mandarin/English), Shanghai: Huadong Teachers College Publishers, ISBN 7561720785:
  • "然而" (in Mandarin/English), Dr. eye. URL accessed on 2009-01-04.