Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/如-rú-if;-be-like,-equal

如 rú if; be like, equal in Mandarin Chinese

Radical is 女 nǚ “woman”. This radical is referred to colloquially as 女字旁 nǚzìpáng “side made up of the character 女.” Note that when 女 is written at the left of a character as a radical, its last stroke is shortened so that it doesn’t collide with the component to its right. Phonetic is 口 kŏu “mouth”. The traditional explanation of this character is to speak with one’s “mouth” 口 “like” 如 a “woman” 女. Distinguish 如 from 加 jiā and 始 shĭ.

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Examples

如果 rúguŏ if [A]

如果…的话 (如果…的話) rúguŏ...de huà if [PT]

Sources

• Book: Intermediate Written Chinese by Cornelius C. Kubler
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjzxUtdVpdA

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