Middle Chinese: nyen nyi Old Chinese (Baxter–Sagart): /*[n]a[n] nə/ (Zhengzhang): /*njen njɯ/ <span class="searchmatch">然而</span> but; yet Dialectal synonyms of 但是 (“but; however”) [map]...
See also: raner rán'ér (Zhuyin ㄖㄢˊ ㄦˊ) Hanyu Pinyin reading of <span class="searchmatch">然而</span>...
A pseudo-chengyu condensed from: <span class="searchmatch">然而</span>並沒有什麼卵用 [MSC, trad.] <span class="searchmatch">然而</span>并没有什么卵用 [MSC, simp.] rán'ér bìng méiyǒu shénme luǎn yòng [Pinyin] However it's of no effing...
ʐän³⁵/ 翛然 carefree, aloof, detached ("无拘无束貌;超脱貌") 翛<span class="searchmatch">然而</span>往，翛<span class="searchmatch">然而</span>來而已矣。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.] 翛<span class="searchmatch">然而</span>往，翛<span class="searchmatch">然而</span>来而已矣。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.] From:...
(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ʐän³⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐän³⁵/ 知其<span class="searchmatch">然而</span>不知其所以然 to know the result without knowing the reason for the result...
Taipei: 臺灣商務印書館, →ISBN, page 258: 頭頂雖有一大片空地，<span class="searchmatch">然而</span>精神抖擻地亮著，頭髮有些薄，但烏黑齊整；體態高大，腰板倍兒直 [MSC, trad.] 头顶虽有一大片空地，<span class="searchmatch">然而</span>精神抖擞地亮着，头发有些薄，但乌黑齐整；体态高大，腰板倍儿直 [MSC, simp.] Tóudǐng...
an unfavourable event, after an adversative conjunction, e.g. …<span class="searchmatch">然而</span>好景不長… [MSC, trad.] …<span class="searchmatch">然而</span>好景不长… [MSC, simp.] ... rán'ér hǎojǐngbùcháng... [Pinyin] ... However...
Gwoyeu Romatzyh: raner Palladius: жаньэ (žanʹe) Sinological IPA (key): /ʐän³⁵ ˀɤ³⁵/ 然鵝 (neologism, slang) alternative form of <span class="searchmatch">然而</span> (rán'ér, “however; but”)...
thunderbolt 他們也敬惜字紙，<span class="searchmatch">然而</span>這是因為倘不敬惜字紙，會遭雷殛的迷信的緣故；南京的夫子廟固然是熱鬧的地方，<span class="searchmatch">然而</span>這是因為另有各種玩耍和茶店的緣故。 [MSC, trad.] 他们也敬惜字纸，<span class="searchmatch">然而</span>这是因为倘不敬惜字纸，会遭雷殛的迷信的缘故；南京的夫子庙固然是热闹的地方，<span class="searchmatch">然而</span>这是因为另有各种玩耍和茶店的缘故。...
(zhuóshí), 實在 / 实在 (shízài) Antonym: 不確 / 不确 我常想在紛擾中尋出一點閒靜來，<span class="searchmatch">然而</span>委實不容易。 [MSC, trad.] 我常想在纷扰中寻出一点闲静来，<span class="searchmatch">然而</span>委实不容易。 [MSC, simp.] From: 1927 May 1, Lu Xun, Preface to...