既然
jì​rán HSK4

since

既然 jì​rán
since conjunction
now that; as; since this is the case. Used in the first part of a sentence to state a fact or premise, which is then followed by a logical conclusion or suggestion in the second part, often using 就 jiù or 那么 nà​me

既然你不了解我，你就不应该相信我。

jì​rán nǐ bù liǎo​jiě wǒ, nǐ jiù bù yīng​gāi xiāng​xìn wǒ.

Since you do not know me, you shouldn’t trust me.

既然来了，就坐吧。

jì​rán lái le, jiù zuò ba.

As you are here, sit down.

already so
already the case; already like this (literary)

Frequency
Movie subtitles
83.0 per million appears in 32% of films
Written text
58.5 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 4

Cross-References

Same as

Sources
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)