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既然jìránsince; now that

Theme
Connectives
Level
HSK 4
Strokes
21
Characters
2

How 既然 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.

既 — 9 strokes, in writing order from left to right.
然 — 12 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Examples

既然你忙，那我自己去。

Jìrán nǐ máng, nà wǒ zìjǐ qù.

Since you are busy, I will go by myself.

  • 既然jìránsince; now that
  • 你nǐyou
  • 忙mángbusy
  • 那nàthat
  • 我wǒI
  • 自己zìjǐoneself
  • 去qùto go

既然来了，就多住几天吧。

Jìrán lái le, jiù duō zhù jǐ tiān ba.

Since you have come, stay a few more days.

  • 既然jìránsince; now that
  • 来láito come
  • 了lecompleted action marker
  • 就jiùthen; exactly
  • 多duōmany
  • 住zhùto live; to stay
  • 几jǐhow many
  • 天tiānday; sky
  • 吧baparticle: suggestion

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.

  • 虽然suīránalthough
  • 居然
  • 竟然jìngránunexpectedly; of all things