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自然

zì rán

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word

自然 (zì rán) means "nature; natural". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 自然 means

1. nature
2. natural
3. naturally

The characters in 自然

• 自zì(bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course
• 然ráncorrect; right; so

Example sentences

• 我爱大自然。
  I love mother nature.
• 功到自然成。
  Constant effort yields sure success.
• 火自然熄灭了。
  Huǒ zìrán xīmiè le.
  The fire went out by itself.
• 大自然很慷慨。
  Dàzìrán hěn kāngkǎi.
  Mother Nature is generous.
• 蜡烛自然熄灭。
  Làzhú zìrán xīmiè.
  The candle went out by itself.
• 船到桥头自然直。
  That matter will take care of itself.

Words starting with 自然

• 自然而然zì rán ér rán(idiom) natural; unforced; (idiom) naturally; as a matter of course…
• 自然科学zì rán kē xuénatural sciences
• 自然界zì rán jiènature; the natural world
• 自然灾害zì rán zāi hàinatural disaster
• 自然资源zì rán zī yuánnatural resource
• 自然人zì rán rénnatural person (law); see also 法人
• 自然保护区zì rán bǎo hù qūnature reserve
• 自然数zì rán shùnatural number
• 自然法zì rán fǎnatural law
• 自然对数zì rán duì shù(math) natural logarithm
• 自然条件zì rán tiáo jiànnatural conditions
• 自然主义zì rán zhǔ yìnaturalism (philosophy)
• 自然段zì rán duànparagraph
• 自然经济zì rán jīng jìnatural economy (exchange of goods by bartering not involving money)
• 自然数集zì rán shù jí(math) the set of natural numbers
• 自然语言zì rán yǔ yánnatural language
• 自然语言处理zì rán yǔ yán chǔ lǐnatural language processing, NLP
• 自然选择zì rán xuǎn zénatural selection
• 自然神论zì rán shén lùndeism, theological theory of God who does not interfere in the Universe
• 自然发音zì rán fā yīnphonics (Tw)
• 自然风光zì rán fēng guāngnature and scenery
• 自然现象zì rán xiàn xiàngnatural phenomenon
• 自然之友Zì rán zhī YǒuFriends of Nature (Chinese environmental NGO)
• 自然层zì rán céngnatural layer (in an archaeological dig)

Words containing 自然

• 大自然dà zì ránnature (the natural world)
• 顺其自然shùn qí zì ránto let nature take its course (idiom)
• 超自然chāo zì ránsupernatural
• 不自然bù zì ránunnatural; artificial
• 非自然fēi zì ránunnatural; occult
• 任其自然rèn qí zì ránto let things take their course (idiom); to leave it to nature; laissez-faire
• 清新自然qīng xīn zì ránas fresh and clean as nature (idiom)
• 听其自然tīng qí zì ránto let things take their course; to take things as they come
• 功到自然成gōng dào zì rán chéngeffort will undoubtedly lead to success (idiom)
• 泛自然神论fàn zì rán shén lùnpandeism, theological theory that God created the Universe and became one with it
• 习惯成自然xí guàn chéng zì rán(saying) habit becomes second nature; to do something as if it were perfectly natural…
• 心静自然凉xīn jìng zì rán liánga calm heart keeps you cool (idiom)
• 世界自然基金会Shì jiè Zì rán Jī jīn huìWorld Wildlife Fund WWF
• 伊通自然保护区Yī tōng zì rán bǎo hù qūYitong nature reserve in Yitong Manchurian autonomous county 伊通满族自治县, Siping, Jilin
• 卧龙自然保护区Wò lóng Zì rán Bǎo hù qūWolong National Nature Reserve in Wenchuan county, northwest Sichuan, home of the giant…
• 船到桥头自然直chuán dào qiáo tóu zì rán zhílit. when the boat reaches the bridge, it will pass underneath without trouble (proverb)…
• 白水江自然保护区Bái shuǐ jiāng Zì rán Bǎo hù qūBaishuijiang Nature Reserve, Gansu
• 拉鲁湿地国家自然保护区Lā lǔ shī dì guó jiā zì rán bǎo hù qūLhalu Wetland National Nature Reserve in Lhasa
• 车到山前必有路，船到桥头自然直chē dào shān qián bì yǒu lù , chuán dào qiáo tóu zì rán zhí(idiom) everything will turn out all right; let's worry about it when it happens…
• 习惯自然xí guàn zì ránsee 习惯成自然

Sounds the same

Read zì rán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 自燃spontaneous combustion

Where 自然 is taught

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

Go deeper

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