固然 (gù rán): admittedly, certainly, it is true that

固然

gù rán

admittedly, certainly, it is true that

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What does 固然 mean?

固然 (pinyin: gù rán) means admittedly, certainly, it is true that. It belongs to the official HSK 6 vocabulary (mastery), among the most frequent words of everyday Chinese.

Example with 固然

这zhè 固然gù rán 好hǎo，但dàn还hái 不bù 够gòu。

This is admittedly good, but not enough.

Character families

Every HSK 1–4 word containing 然

The characters of 固然

固	gù	component character
然	rán	component character

Related HSK 6 words

拐杖	guǎi zhàng	walking stick, cane
招收	zhāo shōu	to recruit, to admit
千方百计	qiān fāng bǎi jì	by all possible means
嗅觉	xiù jué	sense of smell
歪曲	wāi qū	to distort, twist, falsify
颠簸	diān bǒ	to bump, to jolt
沼泽	zhǎo zé	marsh, swamp, bog
攀登	pān dēng	to climb, to scale

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