若 (ruò): to seem, like, as, if
若 (ruò) is a Chinese character meaning “to seem.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 艹 (structural) and 右 (structural). It ranks #651 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- to seem
- like
- as
- if
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 受宠若惊phrase | shòu chǒng ruò jīng | overwhelmed by favor from superior (humble expr.) |
| 若无其事phrase | ruò wú qí shì | (idiom) as if nothing had happened |
| 欣喜若狂phrase | xīn xǐ ruò kuáng | to be wild with joy (idiom) |
| 若干adverb | ruò gān | a certain number or amount |
| 若非conjunction | ruò fēi | were it not for |
| 倘若conjunction | tǎng ruò | if |
| 若是conjunction | ruò shì | if |
| 欧若拉proper-noun | ōu ruò lā | Aurora, Roman goddess of dawn |
| 固若金汤phrase | gù ruò jīn tāng | (lit.) secure as a city protected by a wall of metal and a moat of boiling water (idiom) |
| 置若罔闻phrase | zhì ruò wǎng wén | to turn a deaf ear to (idiom) |
| 视若无睹phrase | shì ruò wú dǔ | to turn a blind eye to |
| 宛若verb | wǎn ruò | to be just like |
| 如若conjunction | rú ruò | if |
| 泰然自若phrase | tài rán zì ruò | cool and collected (idiom) |
| 冷若冰霜 | lěng ruò bīng shuāng | as cold as ice and frost (idiom, usually of woman) |
若 appears in 98 compound words: 26 as the first character, 19 as the last, and 55 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 若 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (47)
a great hero may appear timid (idiom); the really brave person remains level-headed
having great intelligence but appearing foolish; a man of great wisdom appearing slow-witted
a great hero may appear timid (idiom); the really brave person remains level-headed
having great intelligence but appearing foolish; a man of great wisdom appearing slow-witted
Showing 12 of 47 idioms containing 若.
Example Sentences
我在字典里查到了若字的详细解释。
wǒ zài zì diǎn lǐ chá dào le rě zì de xiáng xì xiè shì .
I looked up the detailed explanation of the character "若" in the dictionary.
...姿餐厅卷入高金素梅涉贪案 昔“车内密会潘若迪”险被离婚
. . . zī cān tīng juǎn rù gāo jīn sù méi shè tān àn xī chē nèi mì huì pān ruò dí xiǎn bèi lí hūn
... Zi Restaurant was involved in Gao Jin Sumei's corruption case and was almost divorced in the past
【东方日报世界视线】美国若击败伊朗 战火或延至台海
dōng fāng rì bào shì jiè shì xiàn měi guó ruò jī bài yī lǎng zhàn huǒ huò yán zhì tái hǎi
If the United States defeats Iran, the war may extend to the Taiwan Strait
世界视线:美国若击败伊朗 战火或延至台海
shì jiè shì xiàn : měi guó ruò jī bài yī lǎng zhàn huǒ huò yán zhì tái hǎi
World Perspective: If the United States defeats Iran, the war may extend to the Taiwan Strait
江若琳支持老公追梦 相隔20年再出歌
jiāng ruò 琳 zhī chí lǎo gōng zhuī mèng xiāng gé 2 0 nián zài chū gē
Jiang Ruolin supports her husband to pursue her dreams and sing again after 20 years
美官员据报称若收到伊朗详细方案美方准备再与伊方举行核谈...
měi guān yuán jù bào chèn ruò shōu dào yī lǎng xiáng xì fāng àn měi fāng zhǔn bèi zài yǔ yī fāng jǔ háng hé tán . . .
U.S. officials reportedly said that if they receive Iran's detailed plan, the United States is ready to hold nuclear talks with Iran again...
若有大地震，房屋会倒塌呀！
Ruò yǒu dàdì zhèn, fángwū huì dǎotā ya!
If there's a big earthquake, the house could really collapse!
若她的姿态能再低一点就更完美了。
Ruò tā de zītài néng zài dī yīdiǎn jiù gèng wánměi le.
If her nose were a little shorter, she would be quite pretty.
她说，若我送她红玫瑰，她将与我跳舞。
Tā shuō, ruò wǒ sòng tā hóng méiguī, tā jiāng yǔ wǒ tiàowǔ.
She said that if I give her red roses, she will dance with me.
若你不懂词义，就在辞典上查阅一下吧。
Ruò nǐ bù dǒng cíyì, jiù zài cídiǎn shàng cháyuè yīxià ba.
If you don't know what the word means, look it up in the dictionary.
Character Family
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