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若是

ruò shì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

若是 (ruò shì) means "if". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 若是 means

1. if

The characters in 若是

• 若ruòto seem; like; as
• 是shìto be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true…

Example sentences

• 车子若是掉落悬崖他们早就没命了。
  Chēzi ruòshì diàoluò xuányá tāmen zǎojiù méimìng le.
  They would have been killed if the car had gone over the cliff.
• 你若是伤害别人，你也会伤害到自己。
  When you hurt others, you also hurt yourself.
• 若是有人对公司来说是不可或缺的，那么这家公司组织得不好。
  If someone is indispensable to a company, then that company is not well-organized.
• 尼古拉斯的用意是罗马化西里尔字母就犹如太阳般美丽，若是直视会灼烧人的眼睛。
  Nicolas means that romanization of the Cyrillic alphabet is as beautiful as the sun, which burns your eyes when you look at it.

Sounds the same

Read ruò shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 弱势vulnerable; weak
• 弱视amblyopia

Go deeper

• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read ruò shì correctly.
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