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固然 gùrán

固然 gùrán Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 1 English Translations of the word 固然 gùrán .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
gùrán | gu4 ran2
English translation
admittedly (it's true that...)

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Traditional form

固然 gùrán

Part of speech

Conjunction / 连词 lián cí Lián cí
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Etymology of 固然 gùrán

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Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. wéi represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

Semantic compound

wéi

Positional decomposition

囗古

Number of Strokes

8
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 固然 gùrán

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这样 zhè yàng bàn 固然 gùrán 稳当 wěn dang xiē , 就是 jiù shì yāo màn 一些 yī xiē .

No doubt it would be safer to do it that way, but it would be slower.

现在 xiànzài 固然 gùrán shì 冬天 dōng tiān le , 可是 kěshì 天气 tiānqì Huán shì 相当 xiāngdāng Lěng .

To be sure, it is no longer winter; neverthless, it is quite cold.

固然 gùrán Decomposition

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固然 gùrán Compounds

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    • rán , niǎn , rán , , ,
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