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果然

guǒ rán

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

果然 (guǒ rán) means "sure enough; as expected". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 果然 means

1. really
2. sure enough
3. as expected
4. if indeed

The characters in 果然

• 果guǒfruit; result; resolute
• 然ráncorrect; right; so

Where 果然 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Modal & certainty adverbs (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read guǒ rán correctly.
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