# 果然 (guǒrán)

In Mandarin Chinese, 果然 (guǒrán) means “(adverb) really; as expected”. It is part of the HSK 3 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: (adverb) really; as expected
- Pinyin: guǒrán (guo3 ran2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 3
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 下午果然下雨了。
  Xiàwǔ guǒrán xià yǔ le.
  As expected, it started raining in the afternoon.

## Characters

- 果 (guǒ): fruit; result
- 然 (rán): correct; right

https://hanziro.com/word/guo-ran-really/

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