当然

當然

dāng rán

HSK 3freq #423

Meanings

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dāng rán

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

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Wiktionary

1.of course; surely
2.ex officio
3.natural; reasonable; understandable

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Stroke order

Components

当⺌彐

然肰灬

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Characters

Example sentences

当然哪！
Definitely!
当然哪！
Of course!
当然了。
Of course.
当然是的。
Yes, of course.
当然是的。
Of course.
当然，这只是个玩笑。
That was a joke, of course.

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More examples & usage (AI)

Synonyms

固然自然那是梗係梗系實实固之然在勢在势

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Derived terms

理所當然理所当然

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Related words

想当然 to take sth as given; to make assumptions 理所当然 as it should be by rights (idiom); proper and to be expected as a matter of course 想当然耳 variant of 想当然尔[xiǎng dāng rán ěr]想当然尔 to take sth as given