(suī) - although (bound morpheme) in Mandarin
suīTraditional: 虽
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Translation
although (bound morpheme)
Word origin
A phono-semantic character with the insect radical 虫 and 唯 (wéi)-like phonetic, long borrowed for the conjunction meaning 'although'.
- Origin
- phono-semantic
- Root
- 虫 (insect radical) + phonetic element, borrowed for 'although'
Stroke order
虽
Examples
雨，。
Although it was raining, I still went.
，。
Although tired, I am very happy.
，丰富。
Although he is young, his experience is rich.
。
Though small, it is very useful.
，。
Though small, it is very useful.
虽 (suī) means although. It is a bound morpheme and almost always appears as 虽然 (suī rán), the standard concessive conjunction.
Appears in 1 word
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 虽.
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