然而 ránér

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然而 ránér

Part of speech

Conjunction / 连词 lián cí Lián cí

然 rán

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

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

Phonetic compound

肰 rán

Semantic compound

灬 huǒ

Positional decomposition

⿱肰灬

Number of Strokes

而 ér

Explanation

Originally a pictograph of a beard, now written as 耏 Ér . The current use as a conjunction is a phonetic loan.

Positional decomposition

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Number of Strokes

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“生财之道”遍地 biàn dì 皆 jiē 是 shì , 然而 ránér 许多 xǔduō 人 rén 一生 yī shēng 积攒 jī zǎn 下来 xià lai 的 de 钱 Qián 转眼 zhuǎn yǎn 之间 zhī jiān 付之东流 fù zhī dōng liú .

Get - rich - quick schemes abounded, and many people lost their savings.

然而 ránér ,岔 chà 断 duàn 他 tā 的 de 思潮 sī cháo 的 de 可不是 kě bu shì 他 tā 祈求 qí qiú 的 de 那 Nā 个 gè “回音 huí yīn ”, 而是 ér shì 那股不可思议 bùkěsīyì 的 de 反对 fǎnduì 势力 shìli .

Instead of the answer he demanded, that inexplicable counterinfluence cut across the current of his thought.

我 wǒ 一点 yī diǎn 也 Yě 不 bù 觉得 juéde 什么 shénme .然而 ránér 妈 mā 却 què 苦 kǔ 了 le .

I did not feel anything, but Mama was upset.

然而 ránér ,他 tā 身上 shēn shang 老 lǎo 有点 yǒu diǎn 坏 huài 名声 míng shēng 的 de 影子 yǐngzi .

Yet a faint air of disreputability always clung to him.

然而 ránér 他 tā 顺从 shùn cóng 了 le 她 tā 的 de 意思 yìsi , 他们 tā men 立刻 lìkè 走 zǒu 进 jìn 卖 mài 粥 yù 的 de 帐篷 zhàngpeng 里 lǐ .

However, he gave way to her representations , and they entered the furmity booth forthwith.

See the 4 Chinese characters that make up 然而 ránér and their own compounds.

然 rán

肬 yóu

尤 Yóu

丶 diǎn , 尢 yóu

月 yuè

灬 huǒ

而 ér

See all 99 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 然而 ránér in their composition.

然 rán

燃 rán , 撚 niǎn , 嘫 rán , 橪, 繎, 蹨

而 ér

需 xū

懦 nuò , 儒 rú , 蠕 rú , 孺 rú , 濡 rú , 糯 nuò , 嚅 rú , 壖 ruán , 嬬 xū , 擩 rǔ , 曘 rú , 獳 nòu , 瓀 ruǎn , 礝 ruǎn , 繻, 臑 nào , 薷 rú , 襦 rú , 轜 ér , 醹 rú , 鑐 xū , 颥 rú , 嶿, 檽, 燸, 穤, 羺, 譳, 隭, 顬 rú , 鱬

耎 ruǎn

堧 ruán , 碝 ruǎn , 陾 réng , 餪 nuǎn , 偄, 媆, 愞, 渜, 煗, 瑌, 稬, 緛, 腝, 蝡, 輭

耑 duān

瑞 ruì , 端 duān , 喘 chuǎn , 踹 chuài , 揣 chuāi , 湍 tuān , 惴 zhuì , 圌 chuí , 遄 chuán , 鍴 duān , 颛 zhuān , 偳, 剬, 媏 duān , 椯, 歂, 煓, 猯, 篅, 腨, 褍, 諯, 貒, 輲, 顓 zhuān