Word information
Simplified虽然
Traditional雖然
Pinyinsuīrán
Part of speech连
HSK 3.02
HSK 2.03
Chinese word dictionary
虽然
suīrán · although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)
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