当然 (dāngrán) means Of course (naturally). Below are 4 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
这个问题 当然 很重要。
Zhège wèntí dāngrán hěn zhòngyào.
This question is of course very important.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 当然
父母照顾孩子被看作理所 当然 。
Fùmǔ zhàogù háizi bèi kànzuò lǐ suǒ dāng rán.
Parents caring for their children is taken as a matter of course.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 理所当然
别把别人的帮助当成理所 当然 。
Bié bǎ biéren de bāngzhù dàngchéng lǐ suǒ dāng rán.
Do not take other people's help for granted.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 理所当然
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Words that contain 当然
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How is 当然 used in a sentence?
This page shows 4 sentences using 当然 (dāngrán, "Of course (naturally)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 当然 an HSK word?
Yes — 当然 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 当然?
The dictionary page for 当然 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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