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然

rán

HSK 2 Character

What 然 means

1. correct
2. right
3. so
4. thus
5. like this
6. -ly

Example sentences

• 当然。
  Of course.
• 当然!
  Of course!
• 然后！
  And then!
• 当然哪！
  Definitely!
• 当然了。
  Of course.
• 然后呢？
  And then?

Words starting with 然

• 然后rán hòuthen; after that; afterwards
• 然而rán érhowever; but; yet
• 然则rán zéthat being the case; then; in that case
• 然并卵rán bìng luǎn(net slang) ultimately useless
• 然鹅rán é(Internet slang for 然而
• 然顷rán qǐngin a short time; soon; before long

Words containing 然

• 虽然suī ránalthough; even though (often used correlatively with 可是
• 当然dāng ránonly natural; as it should be; certainly
• 突然tū ránsudden; abrupt; unexpected
• 自然zì ránnature; natural; naturally
• 仍然réng ránstill; as before; yet
• 居然jū ránunexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to
• 忽然hū ránsuddenly; all of a sudden
• 竟然jìng ránunexpectedly; to one's surprise; in spite of everything
• 既然jì ránsince; as; this being the case
• 果然guǒ ránreally; sure enough; as expected
• 依然yī ránstill; as before
• 显然xiǎn ránclearly; evidently; obviously
• 必然bì ráninevitable; certain; necessity
• 不然bù ránnot so; no; or else
• 偶然ǒu ránincidentally; occasional; occasionally
• 茫然máng ránblankly; vacantly; at a loss
• 固然gù ránadmittedly (it's true that...)
• 要不然yào bù ránotherwise; or else; or
• 理所当然lǐ suǒ dāng ránas it should be by rights (idiom); proper and to be expected as a matter of course…
• 恍然大悟huǎng rán dà wù(idiom) to suddenly realize; to suddenly see the light
• 毅然yì ránfirmly; resolutely; without hesitation
• 公然gōng ránopenly; publicly; undisguised
• 天然气tiān rán qìnatural gas
• 一目了然yī mù liǎo ránobvious at a glance (idiom)

Characters that look like 然

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 照zhàoaccording to; in accordance with; to shine
• 缤bīnused in 缤纷
• 颊jiácheeks
• 煞shāto terminate; to cut short; to bring to a stop
• 阙quēused in place of 缺 (old); mistake
• 鹈tíused in 鹈鹕

Sounds the same

Read rán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 燃to burn; to ignite; to light
• 髯beard; whiskers
• 蚺boa
• 蛅a caterpillar
• 肰dog meat; old variant of 然
• 嘫old variant of 然
• 蚦variant of 蚺