而
and, and then, and yet; but; and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation)
- Strokes
- 6
- Pinyin
- ér
Built from 而
Words with 而
- 俄而é ér · eer(literary) very soon; before long
- 假而jiǎ ér · jiaerif
- 偶而ǒu ér · oueroccasionally; once in a while
- 反而fǎn ér · faneron the contrary; instead
- 因而yīn ér · yinertherefore; as a result; thus
- 幸而xìng ér · xingerby good fortune; luckily
- 从而cóng ér · congerthus; thereby
- 忽而hū ér · huersuddenly; now (..., now...)
- 故而gù ér · guertherefore
- 既而jì ér · jiersoon after; later; then
- 时而shí ér · shieroccasionally; from time to time
- 然而rán ér · ranerhowever; but; yet
- 甚而shèn ér · shenereven; so much so that
- 继而jì ér · jierthen; afterwards
- 而且ér qiě · erqie(not only ...) but also; moreover; in addition; furthermore
- 而今ér jīn · erjinnow; at the present (time)
- 而已ér yǐ · eryithat's all; nothing more
- 而后ér hòu · erhouafter that; then
- 而是ér shì · ershirather
- 而言ér yán · eryan(typically preceded by 就…[jiu4 xx5] or 對…|对…[dui4 xx5] etc) as far as ... is concerned; speaking in terms of ...
- 转而zhuǎn ér · zhuanerto turn to (sth else); to switch to
- 进而jìn ér · jinerand then; and thereby; and in turn
- 假借义jiǎ jiè yì · jiajieyithe meaning of a phonetic loan character 假借字[jia3 jie4 zi4] acquired from a similar-sounding word (e.g. 而[er2] originally meant "beard" but acquired the meaning "and")
- 威而钢wēi ér gāng · weiergangViagra (male impotence drug) (Tw)
- 避而不bì ér bù · bierbuto avoid (doing sth)
- 一哄而散yī hōng ér sàn · yihongersanto disperse in confusion (idiom)
- 一哄而起yī hōng ér qǐ · yihongerqi(of a group of people) to rush into action
- 一带而过yī dài ér guò · yidaierguoto skate around; to skip over; to skimp
- 一扫而空yī sǎo ér kōng · yisaoerkong(idiom) to make a clean sweep of; to clean out
- 一挥而就yī huī ér jiù · yihuierjiuto finish (a letter, a painting) at a stroke