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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

如果 [rúguǒ]
  1. 1. conjunction if
    如果我是你,就接受那份工作。
    If I were you, I'd accept that job.
    我想周末去爬山,如果不下雨的话。
    I'd like to go mountain-climbing at the weekend, as long as it doesn't rain.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

如果 [rúguǒ]
  1. 1. if; in case (of); in the event of
    如果不是他指引的话,我们就迷路了。
    If it weren't for him, we would have gone astray.
    如果发生火警,拨119电话。
    In case of fire, dial 119.
    如果下雨,联欢会将在室内举行。
    In the event of rain, the party will be held indoors.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

如果 [rúguǒ]
  1. 1. 连接分句,表示假设关系,常同"就""那么"等词配合使用
    如果情况发生变化,我马上就给你去电话。

Examples

如果你要用钱,我可以给你,我们姐妹俩还分什么彼此。
If you need money, I'll give you some. You and I are sisters—what's the difference between yours and mine?
如果不分青红皂白,一概拒绝向外国学习,就只能使中国永远处于落后地位。
If we indiscriminately refused to learn anything from foreign countries, China would remain backward forever.
这件事你如果说出去,我叫你吃不了兜着走。
If you let this leak out, I'll make you sorry for it!
如果你有事的话,就不要来了。
Don't come if you're busy.
如果我是你的话,我绝对不干。
If I were you, I definitely wouldn't do it.
如果一篇文章颠来倒去总是那么几个词,人家就不愿看。
No one cares to read an article that merely rings the changes on a few terms.
如果不安分,他就要给你颜色看。
If you go on making trouble, he'll show (or tell) you a thing or two.
如果审判员是案件的当事人,应当自行回避。
If the judge is a party to the case, he should withdraw of his own accord.
这个意见你如果换一个讲法就不会惹他生气了。
If you had put your idea in a different way, he wouldn't have been offended.
如果从你这里开例,以后事情就不好办了。
If we allow you to set this precedent, it will create difficulties for us afterwards.

Collocations

如果…就…
if ……
如果…那么…
if …so …
如果…的话
if …of words
如果离开
if one were to leave
如果是这样
if it is so
如果有一天
if there's a day that…

Word Decomposition


[rú]
+
[guǒ]

nciku Note

若 vs. 如果

vs. 如果
ruò vs. rúguǒ

若 is more literary and is basically used in the same way as 如果.

(1) 如果)没有什么别的事情,那么这次会议就到此结束吧。
(2) 你如果)不听我的劝告,迟早会遇到麻烦的。
(3) 他如果)知道了这件事,肯定会很高兴。

In all the three examples above, the two words are interchangeable. In addition, with four-character set phrases 若 is used and not 如果, e.g. 人犯我,我必犯人。

若 is also an adverb, meaning “to seem.”

(4) 在他的眼里,她美天仙。

“若”的书面色彩较浓,用法与“如果”等基本一样。
以上三句两词可互换。另外,在四字语中常用“若”而不用“如果”,如“人若犯我,我必犯人”。
“若”也可以是副词,表示好像。

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