Chinese Notes

若 ruò rě

1. ruò verb to seem / to be like / as
   Domain: Classical Chinese 古文
   Notes: Middle Chinese: nyak; 若 was used as a verb in this sense, as well as other senses, in literary Chinese (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 90; Kroll '若' 1; GHC '若' 5).
2. ruò conjunction for example
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
   
3. ruò conjunction if
   Domain: Classical Chinese 古文
   Notes: 若 is used as a subordinating conjunction in this sense in Literary Chinese (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 90, 150; Kroll '若' 2; GHC '若' 9).
4. ruò pronoun you
   Domain: Classical Chinese 古文
   Notes: 若 was also used as a singular second person pronoun in Classical Chinese (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 77; Kroll '若' 6; GHC '若' 7).
5. ruò pronoun this / that
   Domain: Classical Chinese 古文
   Notes: (Kroll '若' 4; GHC '若' 8)
6. ruò conjunction and / or
   Domain: Classical Chinese 古文
   Notes: (Kroll '若' 8; GHC '若' 10, 11, 12, 13)
7. ruò conjunction as for / pertaining to
   Domain: Classical Chinese 古文
   Notes: (Kroll '若' 5)
8. rě phonetic re
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教
   Notes: Used in transliteration of Indian terms, such as 般若波羅蜜 Bōrěbōluómì 'Prajñāpāramitā' (Kroll '若' rě 1).
9. rě noun pomegranite
   Domain: Classical Chinese 古文 , Concept: Fruit 水果
   Notes: As in 若榴 rěliu (Kroll '若' rě 2)
10. ruò verb to choose
    Domain: Classical Chinese 古文
    Notes: In the sense of 选择 (GHC '若' 1)
11. ruò verb to agree / to accord with / to conform to
    Domain: Classical Chinese 古文
    Notes: 若 was used sometimes in this sense in preclassical Chinese. This sense is similar in meaning to 顺从 (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 90; Kroll '若' 2; GHC '若' 2).
12. ruò adverb thus
    Domain: Classical Chinese 古文
    Notes: 若 was used sometimes as an adverb in this sense in preclassical Chinese (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 90).
13. ruò noun pollia
    Domain: Classical Chinese 古文 , Concept: Herb 香草
    Notes: The name of the herb 杜若 (Kroll '若' 9; GHC '若' 3)
14. ruò noun Ruo
    Domain: Classical Chinese 古文 , Concept: Deity 神
    Notes: The name of the sea god (GHC '若' 4)
15. ruò adverb only then
    Domain: Classical Chinese 古文
    Notes: In the sense of 乃 or 才(GHC '若' 14)

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