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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.

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

Build a practice sheet with 虽然

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