如若

rúruò
conjunction #32,795

Meanings

  1. 1 if
  2. 2 in case
  3. 3 supposing that

Examples

Rúruò yǒu shénme wèntí, qǐng suíshí liánxì wǒ.
If there are any problems, please contact me at any time.
Rúruò bùrán, hòuguǒ zìfù.
Otherwise, you bear the consequences yourself.

Tips

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Formal/literary equivalent of 如果 (rúguǒ) and 假如 (jiǎrú). Common in legal documents, contracts, formal letters, and historical drama dialogue. The fixed phrase 如若不然 ("if not so / otherwise") is especially common in stern warnings.

Stroke Order

ruò