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而 ér néng

ér conjunction and / as well as / but (not) / yet (not)
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词 , Concept: Coordination 并列
Notes: 而 is commonly used to join adjectives, adjective phrases, or verbs; in the sense of 和 or 与 (Guoyu '而' conj 1; Rouzer 2007, p. 13)
ér noun Kangxi radical 126
Domain: Radicals 部首
Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Guoyu '而' n 2)
ér pronoun you
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词 , Concept: Personal Pronoun 人称代词
Notes: 而 was used as the singular second person pronoun 你 in Literary Chinese (Guoyu '而' pronoun 1; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 77).
ér conjunction not only ... but also .... / ... as well as ... / moreover / in addition / furthermore
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词 , Concept: Correlative 关联词
Notes: 而 is synonymous with 而且 in this sense, expressing a connecting relationship (Guoyu '而' conj 2)
ér conjunction right away / then
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
Notes: 而 is synonymous with 就 or 才 in this sense, expressing a sequentional relationship (Guoyu '而' conj 3)
ér conjunction but / yet / however / while / nevertheless
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词 , Concept: Correlative 关联词
Notes: 而 is synonymous with 但是 in this sense, expressing a contrasting relationship (Guoyu '而' conj 6)
ér conjunction if / in case / in the event that
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词 , Concept: Correlative 关联词
Notes: 而 is synonymous with 如果 in this sense, expressing hypothesis or conjecture in Literary Chinese. It is comparatively rare in this sense (Guoyu '而' conj 4; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 150).
ér conjunction therefore / as a result / thus
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词 , Concept: Correlative 关联词
Notes: 而 is synonymous with 因而 or 所以 in this sense, expressing cause and effect (Guoyu '而' conj 5)
ér conjunction how can it be that?
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
Notes: 而 is synonymous with 难道 or 岂 in this sense, expressing doubt in a rhetorical question (Guoyu '而' conj 7)
ér particle so as to
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
Notes: 而 is synonymous with 以 in this sense (Guoyu '而' prep 2)
ér adverb only then
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 才 (Guoyu '而' adv 1)
ér verb as if / to seem like
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
Notes: 而 is synonymous with 好像 or 犹 in this sense (Guoyu '而' adv 2)
néng verb can / able
Domain: Literary Chinesee 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
Notes: In the sense of 能 or 可以 (Guoyu '而' v 2)
ér noun whiskers on the cheeks / sideburns
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '而' n 1)
ér pronoun me
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词 , Concept: Personal Pronoun 人称代词
Notes: 而 was used as the singular first person pronoun 我 in Literary Chinese (Guoyu '而' pronoun 2)
ér verb to arrive / up to
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 至 or 到 (Guoyu '而' v 1)
ér preposition possessive
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 之 or 的 (Guoyu '而' prep 1)

Contained in

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Texts that the word is most frequently mentioned in

Collection	Document Title	Occurrences
Shijia Pu 《釋迦譜》	Scroll 1	526
Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 《宏智禪師廣錄》	Scroll 9	476
Guang Hong Ming Ji 《廣弘明集》	Scroll 14	428
Guang Hong Ming Ji 《廣弘明集》	Scroll 29	415
Zhao Lun 《肇論》	Scroll 1	354
Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 《四分律行事鈔資持記》	Scroll 2	323
Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 《釋氏稽古略》	Scroll 3	313
The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 《大般若波羅蜜多經》	Scroll 375	293
Fo Shuo Zaoxiang Liangdu Jing Jie 《佛說造像量度經解》	Scroll 1	285
Tan Jin Wenji 《鐔津文集》	Scroll 1	281