进而

進而

jìn'ér

conjunction HSK 7-9 #20,683

Meanings

1 and then
2 furthermore
3 thereby

Characters

to advance; further

Examples

HSK 4

了解问题，进而解决问题。

Liǎojiě wèntí, jìn'ér jiějué wèntí.

Understand the problem, and thereby solve it.

HSK 7-9

他先学会了游泳，进而学习了潜水。

Tā xiān xuéhuì le yóuyǒng, jìn'ér xuéxí le qiánshuǐ.

He first learned to swim, and then went on to learn diving.

Tips

grammar

进而 connects two clauses where the second is a further step or consequence of the first. More formal than 然后.

Stroke Order

进 jìn

而 ér