however

Pronunciation: [hau'evә]

Average Rank: 737

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

adv. 然而, 无论如何, 究竟怎样 conj. 然而, 可是

Detailed Explanations:
  • r. despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession)
  • r. by contrast; on the other hand; the second, however, took hours"
  • r. to whatever degree or extent
  • r. in whatever way or manner
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk cet4 ky

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#149

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 98.5% (Top 98.5% most frequent)
98.5%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#1822

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 81.8% (Top 81.8% most frequent)
81.8%

Out of 10,000 words in the TV & Movie Scripts corpus

Project Gutenberg
#240

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 97.6% (Top 97.6% most frequent)
97.6%

Out of 10,000 words in the Project Gutenberg corpus

Insights

This word appears in 3 corpus/corpora, showing its usage across academic, conversational, and literary contexts.

Usage pattern: Most frequent in Wikipedia, making it particularly important for that context.

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