而

HSK 4#75 by frequencyradical 而

ér["cc","u"]

and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)

Examples

量力而行。

Pace yourself.

从哪里而来？

Where did it come from?

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0, modified). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Frequency ranks from the BCC corpus. Full credits on the Attributions page.