Chinese symbol for “admittedly”
固然
gù rán
admittedly (it's true that...)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for admittedly is 固然 (gù rán), defined as: admittedly (it's true that...).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “admittedly”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 固 | gù | hard; strong |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 固然.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 固定 | gù dìng | to fix; to fasten |
| 巩固 (鞏固) | gǒng gù | to consolidate; to strengthen; firm; solid; stable |
| 稳固 (穩固) | wěn gù | stable; steady |
| 固定资产 (固定資產) | gù dìng zī chǎn | fixed assets |
| 固体 (固體) | gù tǐ | solid |
| 虽然 (雖然) | suī rán | although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是 (kě shì) or 但是 (dàn shì) etc) |
| 然后 (然後) | rán hòu | then; after that; afterwards |
| 当然 (當然) | dāng rán | only natural; as it should be |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.