既然

jì ránㄐㄧˋ ㄖㄢˊ
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Meaning

Meanings

  1. 1

    since; as; this being the case

Examples

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既然雨已经停了, 我们可以回家了.

既然雨已經停了, 我們可以回家了.

Now that it has stopped raining, we can go home.

既然你要去超市,那就顺便买些鸡蛋吧。

既然你要去超市,那就順便買些雞蛋吧。

Since you're going to the supermarket, buy some eggs while you're there.

既然你在這裡, 那我們就開始吧。

As long as you are here, we might as well begin.

既然你在這裡, 那我們就開始吧。

Since you are here, we might as well begin.

既然母亲病了,我就待在家里没去上学。

既然母親病了,我就待在家裏沒去上學。

Since my mother was sick, I stayed home from school.

Grammar

Grammar using 既然

既然…(就)

Jiran Jiu Since Then (既然…(就)) · B1 · TOCFL b1

Lesson coming later

既然 A,为什么还 B 呢?

Ji Ran A Wei Me Hai B Ne (既然 A,为什么还 B 呢?) · B2 · TOCFL b2

Lesson coming later