假若 (jiǎruò): if

Meanings

Jiǎruò míngtiān xiàyǔ, wǒmen jiù gǎitiān zài qù.

If it rains tomorrow, we'll go another day.

Jiǎruò nǐ zǎo diǎn gàosu wǒ, shìqíng jiù bù huì biànchéng zhè yàng.

If you'd told me earlier, things wouldn't have turned out this way.

Jiǎruò yǒu jīhuì, wǒ zhēn xiǎng qù Nánjí kànkan.

If I had the chance, I'd really like to visit Antarctica.

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Slightly literary. Everyday speech prefers 如果 or 要是. 假若 often pairs with 就 in the result clause.

假 jià

若 ruò