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而érand; but; while

Theme
Connectives
Level
HSK 4
Strokes
6
Syllable
er

How 而 is written

Stroke order matters: it sets the proportions of the character and how a reader will parse it. In the trainer these same boxes reject a stroke drawn out of turn.

而 — 6 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Examples

他很努力，而我太懒。

Tā hěn nǔlì, ér wǒ tài lǎn.

He works hard, while I am too lazy.

  • 他tāhe
  • 很hěnvery
  • 努力nǔlìto make an effort
  • 而érand; but; while
  • 我wǒI
  • 太tàitoo; excessively
  • 懒lǎnlazy

这个简单，而那个很难。

Zhège jiǎndān, ér nàge hěn nán.

This one is simple, while that one is hard.

  • 这个zhègethis one
  • 简单jiǎndānsimple
  • 而érand; but; while
  • 那个nàgethat one
  • 很hěnvery
  • 难nándifficult

Not to be confused with

Characters that look or sound alike. The trainer mixes them into the answer options for exactly that reason — so the difference sticks.

  • 面
  • 耐
  • 需