如 (jyu4 | ru2) : if, as if, like, equal to

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如

jyu4

ru2

[1] if; supposing [2] as if [3] like; as [4] as good as; equal to [5] [v] follow (advice); listen to [6] [v] go to; arrive at [7] should; ought [8] on time; in time

Stroke count: 6

Level: 2

Radical: 女 (#38)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

如

This word has been viewed 21951 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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兵敗如山倒 bing1 baai6 jyu4 saan1 dou2 bing1 bai4 ru2 shan1 dao3 = troops in defeat like a landslide; a beaten army in total collapse

如果 jyu4 gwo2 ru2 guo3 = if

如何 jyu4 ho4 ru2 he2 = how? 國

比如 bei2 jyu4 bi3 ru2 = for example; for instance

不如 bat1 jyu4 bu4 ru2 = why not...?; it's better to...

如今 jyu4 gam1 ru2 jin1 = now; this instance

如此 jyu4 ci2 ru2 ci3 = like this; like so; as such; in this manner. [粵]噉

如草 jyu4 cou2 ru2 cao3 = grassy

等如 dang2 jyu4 = to be equal to; equals

例如 lai6 jyu4 li4 ru2 = for example; for instance
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不如你試吓答啦？粵
Why don't you try to answer?
[^already a literal translation]

如果我唔係太攰，我會去買嘢。粵
If I'm not too tired, I will go shopping.

不如去雞記食早餐囉! 粵
Let's go to KFC have a breakfast.

如果下雪的話，我要堆雪人！國
If it snows I will make a snowman!

不如一齊去踢波。粵
Let's go and play football.

如果唔夠小心嘅話，放煙花就好危險粵
If [you're] not careful enough, setting off fireworks is dangerous.

如果有個人讚你嘅話，你要謙虛啲！粵
If someone praises you, you need to be more humble!

如果你有事的話 , 就不要來了。國
Don't come if you're busy.

如果你咁發脾氣嘅話，我就唔要陪你出街。粵
If you're still throwing a tantrum, I'm not going out with you.

如果你唔忙嘅話，你可唔可以幫我搬呢個櫃入去間房。粵
If you're not too busy, could you help me move this dressor into the bedroom?

如果你唔想啲垃圾流出嚟，你要綁緊個垃圾袋！粵
If you don't want garbage to spill out, you'll need to tie the garbage bag tight!

咁夜重上網？不如聽朝再玩過啦！粵
Still surfing the web at this time of the night? Why don't you (go to bed) and go online again in the morning?

工作做唔晒，如果你要嚟幫，我會無任歡迎。粵
Much work remains to be done. Any assistance that you can render is most welcome.

三萬蚊買起佢，易如反掌粵
Thirty thousand dollars to get someone to kill him, its easy.

與其苟且偷生不如死
It is better to die than to drag on with such an ignoble existence.

這篇文章包你看得點頭如搗蒜。國
I'm sure that this article will resonate with you thoroughly.

你近況如何? 國
How are things going with you?

星期四如何? 國
How about Thursday?

與其補救於已然，不如防患於未然。
Prevention is better than cure.

唔好偷𥊙人哋沖涼，如果唔係會生眼挑針！粵 ?!
Don't spy on people when they are showering, otherwise you'll get a stye!
[There is an old wives' tale linking styes to spying on people when they are bathing.]

如果阿明真係一個識飛嘅超人就好喇⋯⋯噉佢就唔會喺條街度踩咗啲米田共返嚟屋企，重要印到成條走廊嘅地板都係！抹死人咩⋯⋯ 粵
It'd be nice if Ah Ming were a superhero that knew how to fly … Then he wouldn't have brought home the poop that he stepped on in the street and printed it all over the floorboards in the hallway! Cleaning it up will be the death of me …

如果你真係有興趣學好廣東話嘅話，你就一定要聽多啲香港台粵
If you want to learn Cantonese, you must listen to more Hong Kong radio.
[Lit. If you really have interest study-well Cantonese [conditional delimiter], you then must listen more Hong Kong channel.]

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