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rán
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English Definitioncorrect; right; so; thus; like this; -ly
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Pinyinrán
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(After Tone Sandhi)
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Zhuyin (Bopomofo) ㄖㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping)jin4

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Words With Same Head Word    
然后ránhòuafter; then (afterwards); after that; afterwards
然而rán'érhowever; yet; but
然则ránzéthat being the case; then; in that case
然顷ránqǐngin a short time; soon; before long
然鹅rán'é(Internet slang for 然而) however
Words With Same Tail Word    
虽然suīránalthough; even though; even if
当然dāngránonly natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt
自然zìránnature; natural; naturally
仍然réngránstill; yet
忽然hūránsuddenly; all of a sudden
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