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

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.

了解问题，进而解决问题。

Liǎojiě wèntí, jìn'ér jiějué wèntí.

Understand the problem, and thereby solve it.

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