Definitions
(conjunction)
and; moreover; yet
(adverb)
for the time being; about to
Etymology
Originally a pictograph of a sacrificial altar for food, now written as 俎. The current meaning "moreover" is a phonetic loan.
About
The character 且 originated as an ideograph depicting an altar, stone pedestal, or ceremonial vessel used for ancestral offerings. Its ritual meaning later passed to the character 祖, which incorporates the spirit radical. Through phonetic borrowing, 且 was repurposed for grammatical use, evolving from a concrete noun into a conjunction and adverb. It now connects clauses and modifies verbs to express meanings like "moreover", "furthermore", or "temporarily", indicating simultaneous or progressive actions.
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他很聪明而且勤奋。
我完成了作业并且检查了。
今天下雨，况且我很忙。
我们暂且休息一下。
他不仅学习好且乐于助人。
这部电影很有趣而且很有教育意义。
此项任务艰巨且时间紧迫。
他且战且退，逐渐脱离了危险。