正如

zhèngrú

conjunction HSK 5 #19,600

Meanings

1 just as; precisely as; exactly as

Characters

just; precisely

Precisely + as — just as, exactly like.

Examples

正如你所说的那样。

Zhèng rú nǐ suǒ shuō de nàyàng.

Just as you said.

正如我们预料的，他赢了。

Zhèng rú wǒmen yùliào de, tā yíng le.

Just as we expected, he won.

正如那句老话说的：活到老，学到老。

Zhèng rú nà jù lǎohuà shuō de: huó dào lǎo, xué dào lǎo.

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

Tips

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).

Stroke Order

正 zhèng

如 rú