依然

Meaning(adverb, descriptive word)

still; as before

Examples

• 十年过去了，他依然很年轻。

  shí nián guò qù le, tā yī rán hěn nián qīng.

  Ten years on, he still looks young.

• 虽然下雨，比赛依然进行。

  suī rán xià yǔ, bǐ sài yī rán jìn xíng.

  Despite the rain, the match went ahead.

• 这里的风景依然那么美。

  zhè lǐ de fēng jǐng yī rán nà me měi.

  The scenery here is as beautiful as ever.

Easily confused

• 仍然 — Close to 仍然; 依然 is more literary and can also be a predicate.

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