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如果

rú guǒ

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word

如果 (rú guǒ) means "if". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 如果 means

1. if; in case; in the event that

How 如果 is used in grammar

如果 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.

• Conjunctions: 或者、不过、但是、而且、如果、虽然、只要 (HSK 2)

The official HSK 3.0 grammar outline lists it at level 3, conjunctions (连接分句或句子).

The characters in 如果

• 如rúas; as if; such as
• 果guǒfruit; result; resolute

Example sentences

• 如果你喜欢。
  If you like.
• 如果你能就来吧。
  Come if you can.
• 如果饿了，吃吧。
  If you're hungry, eat.
• 但如果他说不呢？
  But what if he says no?
• 如果你要你可以去。
  You can go if you want to.
• 如果你能忍受我们.
  If you can put up with us, put us up.

Words starting with 如果

• 如果说rú guǒ shuōif; if one were to say

Where 如果 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Connectors, Conjunctions & Key Adverbs (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read rú guǒ correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.