HSK 4 · Function Words

仍然 réngrán “still” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 仍然 means

  1. still
  2. as before
  3. yet

How to say 仍然

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale仍réng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale然rán2nd tone, rising

仍然 in a sentence

  1. 我仍然记得他的名字。

    Wǒ réngrán jìde tā de míngzi.

    I still remember his name.

    Sentence #651241 from Tatoeba

  2. 他仍然时不时来看我。

    Tā réngrán shíbùshí lái kàn wǒ.

    He still comes to see me now and then.

    Sentence #462080 from Tatoeba

  3. 我仍然需要一个答案。

    Wǒ réngrán xūyào yí ge dá'àn.

    I still need an answer.

    Sentence #8635728 from Tatoeba

How 仍然 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 仍 (réng) with each of its parts in a different colour
仍réngstill; yet
  • 亻person form of 人 · rénSound part
  • 乃then · nǎiMeaning part

乃 hints at the meaning (then); 亻 (rén) hints at the sound. Compare it with réng.

The character 然 (rán) with each of its parts in a different colour
然ráncorrect
  • 肰dog meat · ránSound part
  • 灬fire form of 火 · huǒMeaning part

灬 hints at the meaning (fire); 肰 (rán) hints at the sound. Compare it with rán.

Memory aidFire 灬 under meat 肰. Its first meaning was “to burn”, now written 燃 (rán).

How to write 仍然

仍 4 strokes · 然 12 strokes

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仍然 (réngrán) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 仍然 (réngrán). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

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FAQs

仍然 (réngrán) means “still” or “as before”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it réngrán: réng with a 2nd tone, then rán with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 仍然 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type rengran with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 仍然 from the suggestions. Typing rengran into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
仍然 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.