而 ér

11/22/2021

This blog post was born through a random encounter with the word

而(ér)

and, but, implies contrast

I have encountered this word in texts, but I did not know how it differed from the other words meaning roughly the same.

This conjunction connects and puts a contrast between two sentences as, explained (once again) by Chinese Grammar Wiki: Using "er" to explain contrasting ideas - Chinese Grammar Wiki