纵 zòng
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 从 from, by, since, whence, through
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
纵然
zòngrán
even if; even though
Characters in this word
然 rán
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 灬 — fire
- Made of
- 肰 dog meat 灬 fire
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 纵然外部环境恶化，企业也不能把所有问题都归咎于市场。 Zòngrán wàibù huánjìng èhuà, qǐyè yě bù néng bǎ suǒyǒu wèntí dōu guījiù yú shìchǎng. Even if the external environment worsens, companies cannot blame every problem on the market.
- 纵然遇到很多困难，她也没有放弃学习汉语。 Zòngrán yùdào hěn duō kùnnán, tā yě méiyǒu fàngqì xuéxí Hànyǔ. Even though she met many difficulties, she never gave up studying Chinese.
- 纵然失败，我们也要认真总结经验。 Zòngrán shībài, wǒmen yě yào rènzhēn zǒngjié jīngyàn. Even if we fail, we must still carefully draw lessons from the experience.
Related words
- 操纵 cāozòng to manipulate; to control
- 放纵 fàngzòng to indulge; to give free rein to; unrestrained
- 纵观 zòngguān to survey; to take a comprehensive view of
- 纵横 zònghéng crisscrossing; vertical and horizontal; to range freely
- 纵容 zòngróng to indulge; to connive at; to tolerate wrongdoing
- 纵深 zòngshēn depth; strategic depth
- 大自然 dàzìrán nature
- 忽然 hūrán suddenly
- 然后 ránhòu then; after that
- 虽然 suīrán although
- 必然 bìrán inevitable; certain to happen
- 当然 dāngrán of course