Of course in Chinese
of course · HSK 3
当然
- 当 to act as
- 然 right
我当然愿意帮你。 Of course I'm willing to help you.
Other ways to say of course
More words with 当 or 然
How do you say of course in Chinese?
Of course in Chinese is 当然 (dāng rán). You can also say 自 (zì), 本来 (běn lái), 自然 (zì rán).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.