然而 rán’ér▶ sin embargo

Stroke order

然而 is written in 18 strokes across 2 characters.

• 然 — 12 strokes
• 而 — 6 strokes

Example sentences

• 他很努力，然而没有成功。Tā hěn nǔlì, rán'ér méiyǒu chénggōng.He worked hard; however, he did not succeed.
• 天气不好，然而我们还是出发了。Tiānqì bù hǎo, rán'ér wǒmen háishi chūfā le.The weather was bad; however, we set out all the same.

Related words

• 而y
• 仍然todavía
• 既然aunque
• 自然natural
• 竟然Inesperadamente
• 不然de lo contrario

然而 is pronounced rán’ér and means “sin embargo”. HSK 4 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 然而 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.