(rú) - as, like, if, such as in Mandarin

rú

Traditional: 如

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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yǔ，。

If it rains, I will not go.

。

His smile is like sunshine.

，苹píng蕉jiāo。

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.

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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 如.

如果rú guǒif, in case 如何rú héhow, in what way (formal)如此rú cǐlike this, in this way, so, such 不如bù rúnot as good as, would be better to 比如bǐ rúfor example, such as 如今rú jīnnowadays, these days, now

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This word is part of lesson 23.