however /hau'evә/
Meaning
English definition
- (adv.) despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession)
- (adv.) by contrast; on the other hand; the second, however, took hours"
- (adv.) to whatever degree or extent
Chinese translation
- adv. 然而, 无论如何, 究竟怎样
- conj. 然而, 可是
Word details
- Part of speech
- conjunction
- Pronunciation
- /hau'evә/
- Syllables
- 3
- Exam levels
- Middle-school · Gaokao · CET-4 · Postgraduate exam
- Frequency
- Zipf 5.58 · Common
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