VocabularyHSK 3 · core

当然

dāngrán

of course

Part of speech · adverb

Pattern visualization

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Examples

  1. 当然可以!
    Of course you can!
  2. 当然啦，他是专家。
    Of course, he's an expert.

Collocations

当然可以当然啦理所当然

Mnemonic

当然 dāngrán "of course, naturally" — 当 (right, fitting) + 然 (so/thus). Cognate of Korean dangyeon / Japanese 当然 tōzen. Emphatic form: 理所当然 "as a matter of course".

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