如若

rúruò
conjunction #32,795

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 5
Rúruò yǒu shénme wèntí, qǐng suíshí liánxì wǒ.
If there are any problems, please contact me at any time.
HSK 7-9
Rúruò bùrán, hòuguǒ zìfù.
Otherwise, you bear the consequences yourself.

Tips

register
Formal/literary equivalent of 如果 and 假如. 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