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虽然

suī rán 1–2

although; even though (often used correlatively with 是 or 是 etc)

HSK level
HSK 2
HSK 2.0 level 3 · HSK 3.0 level 2
Characters
2
虽 · 然
Syllables
2
suī rán
Frequency
Very common
corpus count 440

Part of speech: c

Character by character

  • 虽suī9 strokesHSK 2 traditional 雖although, even if
  • 然rán12 strokesHSK 2yes, certainly; pledge, promise

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

  • 虽然我没在火车上睡觉。

    Suī rán wǒ méi zài huǒ chē shàng shuì jiào

    Although I haven't slept on the train.

  • 他虽然年轻，但是位好医生。

    Tā suī rán nián qīng dàn shì wèi hǎo yī shēng

    Young as he is, he is a good doctor.

  • 虽然时间好早，天气已经热了。

    Suī rán shí jiān hǎo zǎo tiān qì yǐ jīng rè le

    Although it was still early, it was already hot outside.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 虽然. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

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