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已然 (yǐ rán): Already (adverb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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已然 consists of 2 characters.

已 • yǐ • already; to stop; to end • HSK 3.0 · L4

HSK 3.0 · L4

yǐ已

already; to stop; to end

然 • rán • correct; to be so; like that

rán然

correct; to be so; like that

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Pinyinyǐ rán

Meaningalready; have already

Characters2

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Syntaxadverb

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More common words that include characters from 已然.

Words with 已

已经yǐ jīngalready
早已zǎo yǐfor a long time; long since
不已bù yǐendlessly
而已ér yǐthat is all; nothing more
不得已bù dé yǐbe forced to; have no alternative but to
已婚yǐ hūnmarried
已故yǐ gùdeceased; late
为时已晚wéi shí yǐ wǎnit is too late

Words with 然

虽然suī ránalthough; even though (often used correlatively with 是 or 是 etc)
当然dāng ránof course
然后rán hòuand then; after that
突然tū ránsuddenly
仍然

réng rán

still

既然jì ránsince

然而rán érhowever

竟然jìng rán[indicates unexpectedness]

3.

Example Sentences with 已然

shì事

qíng情

yǐ已

rán然

rú如

cǐ此

。

Things are already like this.

tā他

yǐ已

rán然

wàng忘

jì记

le了

yuē约

dìng定

。

cuò错

wù误

yǐ已

rán然

fā发

shēng生

，

zhǐ只

néng能

bǔ

He has already forgotten the appointment.

补

jiù救

。

The mistake has already happened; we can only remedy it.