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rán

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rán Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
rán | ran2
English translation
correct
right
so
thus
like this
-ly
certainly; naturally; suddenly

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About rán

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

rán

Contains the radical

huǒ

Part of speech

Conjunction / 连词 lián cí Lián cí

Learning hint

fire

Etymology of rán

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

肰灬

Semantic compound

huǒ

Phonetic compound

rán

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. huǒ represents the meaning and rán represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "ignite; burn", now written as rán . The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

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Example sentences using rán

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最后 zuìhòu , 最高 zuì gāo 法院 fǎyuàn 断然 duàn rán 拒绝 jùjué le "阿纳 " àn 超过 chāoguò 票数 piào shù de " tián " de 理论 lǐlùn .

Ultimately, the Court squarely rejected the Arnett plurality's " bitter with the sweet " theory.

眼睛 yǎnjing 眯成一条 féng ,嘴巴 zuǐ ba 微微 wēi wēi 咧开,不以为然 bù yǐ wéi rán de 轻轻 qīng qīng hēng le 一声 yī shēng .

His eyes narrowed and his mouth widened slightly with the ghost of a superior " Hm! "

这道虽然 suīrán 错综复杂 cuò zōng fù zá , dàn yòng 电子计算机 diàn zǐ jì suàn jī 很快 jiù Néng Xiè chū .

Although the problem is intricate and complex, it can be solved very quickly with an electronic computer.

必须 bìxū tuō diào 这些 zhè xiē 湿 shī 衣服 yīfu ,然后 ránhòu lái bēi gān 提尼.

I must get out of these wet clothes and into a dry martini.

许多 xǔduō 公司 gōngsī 工厂 gōngchǎng de 建筑 jiànzhù mài 出去 chū qù , 然后 ránhòu zài 回来 huí lai 使用 shǐyòng .

Many more firms are selling the buildings in which their factories are, and leasing them back.

Words with rán

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
然后 ránhòu after然後
当然 dāngrán only natural當然
虽然 suīrán although雖然
突然 tūrán sudden突然 tūrán
自然 zìrán nature自然 zìrán
仍然 réngrán still仍然 réngrán
居然 jūrán unexpectedly居然 jūrán
显然 xiǎnrán clear顯然
竟然 jìngrán unexpectedly竟然 jìngrán
然而 ránér however然而 ránér
既然 jìrán since既然 jìrán
依然 yīrán still依然 yīrán
不然 bùrán not so不然 bùrán
果然 guǒrán really果然 guǒrán
必然 bìrán inevitable必然 bìrán
rán so rán
忽然 hūrán suddenly忽然 hūrán
天然 tiān rán natural天然 tiān rán
偶然 ǒurán incidentally偶然 ǒurán
天然气 tiānránqì natural gas天然氣
要不然 yào bù rán otherwise要不然 yào bù rán
大自然 dà zì rán nature (the natural world)大自然 dà zì rán
固然 gùrán admittedly (it's true that...)固然 gùrán
理所当然 lǐsuǒdāngrán inevitable and right理所當然
淡然 dàn rán indifferent淡然 dàn rán

rán Decomposition & Compounds

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rán Decomposition

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rán Compounds

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