虽然suīránalthough
- Theme
- Grammar
- Level
- HSK 3
- Strokes
- 21
- Characters
- 2
How 虽然 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.
Examples
虽然他很忙,但他还是来了。
Suīrán tā hěn máng, dàn tā háishì lái le.
Although he was very busy, he still came.
- 虽然suīránalthough
- 他tāhe
- 很hěnvery
- 忙mángbusy
- 但dànbut
- 他tāhe
- 还是háishìor; after all
- 来láito come
- 了lecompleted action marker
虽然很累,我还是要练习。
Suīrán hěn lèi, wǒ háishì yào liànxí.
Although I'm tired, I'm still going to practise.
- 虽然suīránalthough
- 很hěnvery
- 累lèitired
- 我wǒI
- 还是háishìor; after all
- 要yàoto want; must
- 练习liànxíto practise; exercise
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.
- 当然
- 然后
- 突然tūránsuddenly