Chinese word dictionary

顺其自然

shùnqízìrán · to let nature take its course (idiom)

Practice word

Word information

Simplified顺其自然

Traditional順其自然

Pinyinshùnqízìrán

Part of speechGeneral

HSK 3.07-9

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

顺shùn

to submit to, to obey, to go along with

其qí

his, her, its, their; that

自zì

self; private, personal; from

然rán

certainly; naturally; suddenly

How to learn 顺其自然

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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虽然suīrán

although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)

自己zìjǐ

oneself; (attributive) one's own

当然dāngrán

only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt

来自láizì

to come from (a place); From: (in email header)

其实qíshí

actually; in fact; really

其他qítā

other; (sth or sb) else; the rest