Chinese

如果

/ɻu³⁵ ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
if
  • HSK 2
  • TOCFL 3

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Origin

The conjunction 如果 is formed from two characters: 如 and 果. According to the MOE Dictionary, it functions as a term meaning 假使 or 倘若.

The character 如 carries the meaning "to be like; as; as if; as though." It is composed of the semantic component 口, meaning mouth, and the phonetic component 女, meaning woman or female. The character 果 means fruit.

Confidence: high · written by gemma4:26b, checked statement-by-statement against the sources below.

「如果」是一個連詞，意指假使或倘若。這個詞是由兩個漢字組成的，分別是「如」與「果」。根據字形結構，「如」的含義為像、如同、彷彿；而「果」的含義則為果實。

在「如」這個字的構成中，包含了語義成分「口」（指嘴巴，特別是嘴唇與口腔內部）以及音符成分「女」（指女人，在現代標準漢語中僅指人類的女性）。

Confidence: high · written by gemma4:26b, checked statement-by-statement against the sources below.

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  • characterChinese如 “to be like; as; as if; as though”
    • soundChinese女 “woman; (only of humans in Standard Chinese) female”
    • meaningChinese口 “mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity (Classifier: 把 c)”
  • characterChinese果 “fruit”
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