“然”在现代汉语中作为词缀,这已成定论。但它有哪些构词形式,有什么词汇意义和语法意义,与其它词缀比较有怎样的异同,各种著作谈及的却不多。本文试就以上三个方面作些浅显的说明。 “Ran” as an affix in modern Chinese has become a definite conclusion. However, what form of word-building does it have? What are the lexical meanings and grammatical meanings? What are the similarities and differences compared with other affixes? This article tries to make some simple explanations on the above three aspects.