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MEANING/意义
    而
      
  • ér
      
    sound for pinyin
      
      1
      
    (and) yet，nevertheless; (used between an adverbial element of purpose，cause，manner，...and a verb to be modified)
    Type conjunction/连词  
        
    Topics  HSK , HSK4 , Grammar , Single character
      2
      
    (between adjectives) and，as well as，also; (from...) to...; (transition between the subject and the predicate) if
    Type conjunction/连词  
        
    Topics  HSK , HSK4 , Grammar , Single character
      3
      
    and
    Type radical/部首  
        
    Topics  HSK , HSK4 , Grammar , Single character
EXAMPLES/列句
  • 视...而定
      
      
    shì ... ér dìng
      
    sound for pinyin
    be settled depending on...
  • 而今安在？
      
      
    ér jīn ān zài
      
    sound for pinyin
    (lit.) And where is it now?
COMBINATIONS/组合
  • 而且
      
    ér qiě
      
    sound for pinyin
    but also; and (connecting two clauses)
  • 而已
      
    ér yǐ
      
    sound for pinyin
    only，nothing but
  • 而言
      
    ér yán
      
    sound for pinyin
    with regard to
  • 而非
      
    ér fēi
      
    sound for pinyin
    (used in a four-character idiom) ...but not quite
  • 而今
      
    ér jīn
      
    sound for pinyin
    now，at the present (time)
  • 而又
      
    ér yòu
      
    sound for pinyin
    but also，and also
  • 而是
      
    ér shì
      
    sound for pinyin
    rather，but that
  • 而此
      
    ér cǐ
      
    sound for pinyin
    (ancient Chinese) like this
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