诚然 chéngrán indeed Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 诚 誠 chéng truly (literary) really; truly; indeed; used to confirm a fact similarly to 的确 díquè or 实在 shízài然 rán adverbadjective [state] Used as a suffix after an adjective or adverb to describe a state or manner, similar to the English suffix "-ly".