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ruò Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
ruò | ruo4
English translation
to seem
like
as
if
if, supposing, assuming; similar

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About ruò

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

ruò

Contains the radical

cǎo

Part of speech

Conjunction / 连词 lián cí Lián cí

Etymology of ruò

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Positional decomposition

艹右

Explanation

Pictograph of a person smoothing out their hair with their hands. Based on the original meaning "smooth". The meaning later shifted to "obedient" and "conform to". The kǒu (mouth) component was added later when the character became more abstract.

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Example sentences using ruò

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( ruò 米饭 mǐfàn shì shèng de Liáng 米饭 mǐfàn , yòng 微波炉 wēi bō lú 稍微 shāowēi zhuǎn 1-2分钟 fēnzhōng .)

Sprinkle with Maggie sauce and add in wasabi if desired.

声音 shēngyīn 甜润 tián rùn , 时而 shíér 口若悬河 kǒu ruò xuán hé ,时而 shíér 拖声 tuō .

She had a sweet voice, sometimes rapid and sometimes drawling in her throat.

莫若 téng jiān shēng 叫喊 jiào hǎn , zài 地上 dì shang 打着 gǔn .

Murro screamed with pain and rolled on the ground.

ruò dǒng 英文 Yīng wén Shī 韵律 yùn lǜ , jiù 无法 wú fǎ 欣赏 xīnshǎng 英文诗.

You can't appreciate English poetry unless you understand its rhythm.

倘若 tǎngruò liǎng 信号 xìnhào dōu shì 随机 suí jī de , 互相 hùxiāng 关系 guānxi shǔ wéi líng .

If the two signals are random, the cross - correlation is zero.

Words with ruò

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
ruò like ruò
若干 ruògān how many?若干 ruògān
若是 ruò shì if若是 ruò shì
受宠若惊 shòu chǒng ruò jīng overwhelmed by favor from superior (humble expr.)受寵若驚
倘若 tǎngruò if倘若 tǎngruò
若无其事 ruò wú qí shì nonchalantly若無其事
欣喜若狂 xīn xǐ ruò kuáng to be wild with joy (idiom)欣喜若狂 xīn xǐ ruò kuáng
若非 ruò fēi if not for若非 ruò fēi
如若 rú ruò if如若 rú ruò
宛若 wǎn ruò to be just like宛若 wǎn ruò
若隐若现 ruò yǐn ruò xiàn faintly discernible (idiom)若隱若現
郭沫若 Guō Mò ruò Guo Moruo (1892-1978), writer, communist party intellectual and cultural apparatchik郭沫若 Guō Mò ruò
欧若拉 Ōu ruò lā Aurora, Roman goddess of dawn歐若拉
置若罔闻 zhì ruò wǎng wén to turn a deaf ear to (idiom); to pretend not to hear置若罔聞
假若 jiǎ ruò if假若 jiǎ ruò
若有所思 ruò yǒu suǒ sī looking pensive若有所思 ruò yǒu suǒ sī
固若金汤 gù ruò jīn tāng well fortified固若金湯
视若无睹 shì ruò wú dǔ to turn a blind eye to視若無睹
旁若无人 páng ruò wú rén unselfconscious旁若無人
趋之若鹜 qū zhī ruò wù an unruly crowd on a wild goose chase趨之若鶩
冷若冰霜 lěng ruò bīng shuāng frigid冷若冰霜 lěng ruò bīng shuāng

ruò Decomposition & Compounds

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ruò Decomposition

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ruò Compounds

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  • ruò
    • nuò , , ruò , nuò , nuò , nuò , ruò , chuò , , ruò , , , , , , , ,
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