如
rúTraditional: 如
Translation
as, like, if, such as
Word origin
A compound of the woman radical and the mouth element, traditionally read as following a spoken instruction. It now carries the senses of as, like and if.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 女 (woman) + 口 (mouth)
Stroke order
如
Examples
，。
As you said, he came.
雨，。
If it rains, I will not go.
。
His smile is like sunshine.
，苹蕉。
Many fruits, such as apples and bananas.
。
Everything is as usual.
如 (rú) means as, like, if, such as. It links comparisons and conditions in slightly more formal speech and writing.
Appears in 6 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 如.
Used in
Grammar articles
(4)Mandarin Advanced Grammar (C1-C2 / HSK 6+): Chengyu, Classical Remnants, and Register
Mandarin Verb Conjugation: Why It Doesn't Exist and What Replaces It
Mandarin Conjunctions: 虽然…但是, 因为…所以, 如果…就 and the Paired Structures That Join Clauses
Mandarin Intermediate Grammar (B1-B2 / HSK 4-5): Complements, Conjunctions and the Full 了 System
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