仍然 réngrán — still, yet (despite something)
réngrán (second tone, rising)reng2ran2
still, yet (despite something)
HSK 4· HSK 1–4 (classic)adverb
Meanings
still, yet (despite something)
Still, in spite of a change that might have been expected to end it — more formal and more emphatic than the plain 还. It sits before the verb, never at the end of the sentence the way English "still" sometimes can.
adverb
Example sentences
- 已经十二点了，他仍然在工作。已經十二點了，他仍然在工作。Yǐjīng (third tone, dipping) shí (second tone, rising) èr (fourth tone, falling) diǎn (third tone, dipping) le, (neutral tone) tā (first tone, high and level) réngrán (second tone, rising) zài (fourth tone, falling) gōngzuò. (first tone, high and level)···
It’s already twelve o’clock, and he’s still working.
- 虽然下雨了，我们仍然要去公园。雖然下雨了，我們仍然要去公園。Suīrán (first tone, high and level) xià (fourth tone, falling) yǔ (third tone, dipping) le, (neutral tone) wǒmen (third tone, dipping) réngrán (second tone, rising) yào (fourth tone, falling) qù (fourth tone, falling) gōngyuán. (first tone, high and level)···
Although it’s raining, we still plan to go to the park.