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既然 jìrán

既然 jìrán Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 既然 jìrán .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jìrán | ji4 ran2
English translation
since
as
this being the case

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Traditional form

既然 jìrán

Part of speech

Conjunction / 连词 lián cí Lián cí
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Etymology of 既然 jìrán

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Type

ideographic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Positional decomposition

⿰?

Number of Strokes

9
rán

Type

pictophonetic

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.

Phonetic compound

rán

Semantic compound

huǒ

Positional decomposition

肰灬

Number of Strokes

12

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Example sentences using 既然 jìrán

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既然 jìrán shì lǎo 顾客 gùkè , 可以 kěyǐ yòng 低廉 dī lián de 价格 jiàgé mǎi 这些 zhè xiē 商品 shāngpǐn .

Since you are an old customer, you can buy the goods on the cheap.

大哥 dà gē 既然 jìrán ài , 为什么 wèishénme yòu yāo 现在 xiànzài de 大嫂 dà sǎo ?

Since Big Brother loved her, why did he marry Jui - chueh?

既然 jìrán zài zhè , qǐng bāng 解决 jiějué 这道 suàn .

Now that you are here, help me work out this computation.

实际上 shí jì shàng , zhè zhǒng 力量 lìliang 既然 jìrán shì 缺一不可 quē yī bù kě de , 所以 suǒyǐ shì 同等 tóng děng 重要 zhòngyào de .

Since none of the four is dispensable, they are equally important.

紧紧 jǐn jǐn de guǒ zhù 我们 wǒmen , 既然 jìrán 我们很 qióng , 一点 yī diǎn 温暖 wēnnuǎn .

Wrapped tightly sound us, since we are poor, a warmth.

既然 jìrán Decomposition

See the 6 Chinese characters that make up 既然 jìrán and their own compounds.

既然 jìrán Compounds

See all 18 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 既然 jìrán in their composition.

    • gài , kǎi , jiù , gài , kǎi , , , , , ,
  • rán
    • rán , niǎn , rán , , ,
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