虽然 (雖然) suīrán
conjunction
although; even though
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
, Subdomain: Function Words
, Concept: Correlative 关联词
Notes: This conjunction is often used as a connecting word in the main clause of subordinate complex sentences. It is often used in the pattern 虽然…，但是… to express a contrasting relationship between clauses (Sun 2006, loc. 2069).
Contained in
- 虽然眼等诸缘(雖然眼等諸緣) for the eye and so on are the causal conditions
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 1 Diamond Sūtra 金剛能斷般若波羅蜜經 — count: 34
- Scroll 41 Fo Ben Xing Ji Jing (Abhiniṣkramaṇasūtra) 佛本行集經 — count: 18
- Scroll 1 Quotations from Abbot Mi An 密菴和尚語錄 — count: 14
- Scroll 8 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 12 , has English translation
- Scroll 1 Śālistambhakasūtra (Fo Shuo Dasheng Dao Gan Jing) 佛說大乘稻芉經 — count: 11
- Scroll 7 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 11 , has English translation
- Scroll 9 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 11 , has English translation
- Scroll 11 Quotations from Chan Master Yuanwu Foguo 圓悟佛果禪師語錄 — count: 10
- Scroll 42 Fo Ben Xing Ji Jing (Abhiniṣkramaṇasūtra) 佛本行集經 — count: 10
- Scroll 17 Quotations from Chan Master Yuanwu Foguo 圓悟佛果禪師語錄 — count: 10