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虽然

suīrán
conjunctionHSK 2

“Although” in Chinese is 虽然 (suīrán).

Meaning

  • although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)

Example

他虽然年轻,但是位好医生。

Young as he is, he is a good doctor.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

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