HSK · Level 54
105 words
Chinese word
自然而然
Pronunciation
Pinyinzì rán ér rán
Meaning
- adverbnaturally
Example
练习多了，自然而然会进步。liàn xí duō le zì rán ér rán huì jìn bù
With more practice, you naturally improve.
More examples
经过长期相处，彼此的误会自然而然地消除了。jīng guò cháng qī xiāng chǔ bí cǐ de wù huì zì rán ér rán dì xiāo chú le
After spending a long time together, their misunderstandings naturally disappeared.
Core concept
A change that follows the ordinary order of things rather than deliberate action.
Common phrases
事情自然而然地发生shì qíng zì rán ér rán dì fā shēng
occur naturally
关系自然而然地改善guān xì zì rán ér rán dì gǎi shàn
naturally improve
Similar words
自然地zì rán dì: An event happens naturally and by itself, without outside force.
下意识地xià yì shí dì: A response happens without conscious awareness, as if by reflex.
不由自主地bù yóu zì zhǔ dì: A response happens involuntarily and cannot be stopped by personal will.
情不自禁qíng bú zì jīn: An emotional response breaks out because feelings cannot be held back.
Definition in Chinese
用于表示某种结果根据事物本来状况或常理自发发生，而非因人为干预的副词yòng yú biǎo shì móu zhǒng jié guǒ gēn jù shì wù běn lái zhuàng kuàng huò cháng lǐ zì fā fā shēng ér fēi yīn rén wéi gān yù de fù cí
Word origin
自然而然 (zìránérrán, "naturally") is a four-character expression built around 自然 (zìrán, "natural") and 而然 (ér rán, "and thus"), reinforcing the idea of a result that follows by itself.
Usage tips
- The English word naturally can also describe a relaxed manner, but this Chinese adverb more often connects circumstances with the result they produce.
Other meanings
- inevitablyadverb
Opposites
- 刻意地kè yì dìdeliberatelyadverb
- 人为地rén wéi dìartificiallyadverb