而言 éryán with regard to Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 而 ér conjunctionparticle [suffix] (bound form) Suffix used to form certain conjunctions or adverbs, such as in 然而 rán'ér or 因而 yīn'ér.言 yán preposition [particle] (literary) a function word used at the beginning or in the middle of a sentence to balance the rhythm of the line, carrying no specific meaning