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Mythic Mandarin

虽然 (suī rán): meaning and stroke order

虽然 (suī rán) means although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是 or 但是 etc).

虽然

Simplified
虽然
Traditional
雖然
Pinyin
suī rán

Stroke order of 虽然

虽

  • suī although; even though
  • 9 strokes
  • Traditional form: 雖

Stroke by stroke

然

  • rán correct; right
  • 12 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 虽然

  1. suī rán Traditional 雖然
    • although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)

Radicals of the characters

虽
Radical 虫 (Kangxi radical 142) · 9 strokes · 口 on top, 虫 below
然
Radical 火 (Kangxi radical 86) · 12 strokes

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

虽然 in our stories

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  • 虽然没有做到十个，但是大家都给她鼓掌。

    suīrán méiyǒu zuòdào shí gè dànshì dàjiā dōu gěi tā gǔzhǎng

    Although she didn't reach ten, everyone applauded her.

    From the story Pull-ups HSK 4

  • 虽然样子很厉害，但是它非常善良，走路的时候连小草都舍不得踩。

    suīrán yàngzi hěn lìhai dànshì tā fēicháng shànliáng zǒulù de shíhou lián xiǎo cǎo dōu shěbude cǎi

    It may look fierce, but it is very kind: when it walks it cannot bear to tread on even a blade of grass.

    From the story The qilin HSK 4

  • 更重要的是，她手里已经有了另外两家供应商的报价，虽然都不如老郝的产品稳定，但价格低了不少。

    gèng zhòngyào de shì tā shǒu lǐ yǐjīng yǒu le lìngwài liǎng jiā gōngyìngshāng de bàojià suīrán dōu bù rú lǎo Hǎo de chǎnpǐn wěndìng dàn jiàgé dī le bù shǎo

    More importantly, she already had quotes from two other suppliers. Their products were less reliable than Old Hao's, but considerably cheaper.

    From the story A minute of silence HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Where you learn it

虽然 appears in the vocabulary of our HSK 3 learning material. This is a Mythic Mandarin word list, not an official HSK list.

Stories using 虽然

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).