Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/而-ér-also,-and,-yet,-but

而 ér also, and, yet, but in Mandarin Chinese

Definition

This character is itself a radical. Originally, 而 was a pictograph of a beard, with the horizontal stroke 一 representing the mouth. Distinguish 而 from 西 xī, 两 (兩) liăng, 百 băi, 面 miàn, and 雨 yŭ.

Examples

• 而 ér and, yet, but, moreover [CJ]
• …而已 ...éryĭ only; and that is all [PT]

Sources

Book: Intermediate Written Chinese by Cornelius C. Kubler

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