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当然

dāng rán
HSK 2.0 Level 3 HSK 3.0 Level 3

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Definitions

  1. 1. only natural
  2. 2. as it should be
  3. 3. certainly
  4. 4. of course
  5. 5. without doubt

Example Sentences

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当然 。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 3952424)
那 当然 。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 411576)
当然 了。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 4970077)

Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.

Words Containing 当然

想当然
xiǎng dāng rán

to take sth as given

理所当然
lǐ suǒ dāng rán

as it should be by rights (idiom); proper and to be expected as a matter of course

想当然尔
xiǎng dāng rán ěr

to take sth as given

Child Words of 当然

当
dàng

at or in the very same...

当
dāng

(onom.) dong

然
rán

correct