然

rán

yes, certainly; pledge, promise

How to write 然, stroke by stroke

correct; right; so; thus; like this; -ly

Pictophonetic: semantic 灬 (fire), phonetic 肰

Made of 肰 + 灬

然后rán hòuthen; after that; afterwards
当然dāng ránonly natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt
虽然suī ránalthough; even though (often used correlatively with 可是 or 但是 etc)
突然tū ránsudden; abrupt; unexpected
不然bù ránnot so; no; or else; otherwise; if not; How about ...?
仍然réng ránstill; as before; yet
居然jū ránunexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to
既然jì ránsince; as; this being the case
竟然jìng ránunexpectedly; to one's surprise; in spite of everything; in that crazy way; actually; to go as far as to
显然xiǎn ránclearly; evidently; obviously
自然zì ránnature; natural; naturally
然而rán érhowever; but; yet

快点，不然你就要错过火车了。
kuài diǎn ， bù rán nǐ jiù yào cuò guò huǒ chē le 。
Hurry up, or you will miss the train.
她声调突然变了。
tā shēng diào tū rán biàn le 。
There was a sudden change in her tone.
当然，她接受了邀请。
dāng rán ， tā jiē shòu le yāo qǐng 。
She naturally accepted the invitation.
一定要熄了火，然后再离开。
yí dìng yào xī le huǒ ， rán hòu zài lí kāi 。
Be sure to put out the fire before you leave.
我仍然记忆犹新。
wǒ réng rán jì yì yóu xīn 。
It is still fresh in my memory.