果然 guǒrán▶ Efectivamente

Stroke order

果然 is written in 20 strokes across 2 characters.

• 果 — 8 strokes
• 然 — 12 strokes

Senses

1. really
2. sure enough
3. as expected
4. if indeed

Related words

• 不然de lo contrario
• 依然todavía
• 偶然accidental
• 后果Consecuencia
• 居然en realidad; de hecho
• 必然Inevitable

果然 is pronounced guǒrán and means “Efectivamente”. HSK 5 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 果然 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.