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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 然而

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
然而 rán ér - however; but; yet

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
4 4 2,563 1,075 3,272

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
然 rán- correct
- right
- so
- thus
- like this
- -ly
而 ér- and
- as well as
- and so
- but (not)
- yet (not)
- (indicates causal relation)
- (indicates change of state)
- (indicates contrast)

Other Words Containing 然而

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
然而 4 4 2,563 1,075 3,272
自然而然 - 8 11,013 15,402 15,416
油然而生 - - 35,682 28,066 19,923
戛然而止 - - 51,210 38,046 35,309