而 - Mandarin word #119

而

ér

Traditional: 而

HSK 3

#119 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

and, but, yet (literary)

Stroke order

而

效xiào。

Simple yet effective.

。

He smiled but did not answer.

。

To know but not act.

。

He works hard for his family.

而 (ér) means and, but, yet (literary). It is used as a conjunction in everyday Mandarin speech.

但是

but, however (formal)

而且

moreover, furthermore, and also

和

and; with

可是

but, however, yet

然后

then, after that, afterwards

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 而.

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This word is part of lesson 3.