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依然

yī rán

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

依然 (yī rán) means "still (unchanged)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 依然 means

1. still; as before

The characters in 依然

• 依yīto depend on; to comply with or listen to sb; according to
• 然ráncorrect; right; so

Example sentences

• 天气依然阴雨。
  The weather remained rainy.
• 我依然不关心。
  I still don't care.
• 我依然不理解。
  I still don't understand.
• 那对他依然奏效。
  Nà duì tā yīrán zòuxiào.
  This still applies to him.
• 你依然爱汤姆吗？
  Do you still love Tom?
• 我们依然在努力。
  We still work on it.

Words starting with 依然

• 依然如故yī rán rú gù(idiom) back to where we were; absolutely no improvement; things haven't changed at all
• 依然故我yī rán gù wǒto be one's old self (idiom); to be unchanged; (derog.) to be stuck in one's ways

Where 依然 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Migration, Change & Regret (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yī rán correctly.
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