正如

zhèngrú

conjunction HSK 5 #19,600

Meanings

Precisely + as - just as, exactly like.

HSK 3

正如你所说的那样。

Zhèngrú nǐ suǒ shuō de nàyàng.

Just as you said.

HSK 3

正如那句老话说的：活到老，学到老。

Zhèngrú nà jù lǎohuà shuō de: huódàolǎo, xuédàolǎo.

Just as the old saying goes: one is never too old to learn.

HSK 7-9

正如我们预料的，他赢了。

Zhèngrú wǒmen yùliào de, tā yíng le.

Just as we expected, he won.

grammar

正如...所... is a common formal pattern: 正如大家所知 (as everyone knows), 正如我所说 (as I said).

正 zhèng

如 rú