若 ruò
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verb
to seem / to be like / as
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Middle Chinese: nyak; 若 was used as a verb in this sense, as well as other senses, in literary Chinese (ABC 'ruò' 若 v; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 90; Kroll 2015 '若' 1; GHC '若' 5). -
adverb
seemingly
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (ABC 'ruò' 若 adv) -
conjunction
if
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 若 is used as a subordinating conjunction in this sense in Literary Chinese (ABC 'ruò' 若 conj; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 90, 150; Kroll 2015 '若' 2; GHC '若' 9). -
pronoun
you
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 若 was also used as a singular second person pronoun in Classical Chinese (ABC 'ruò' 若 pronoun; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 77; Kroll 2015 '若' 6; GHC '若' 7). -
pronoun
this / that
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '若' 4; GHC '若' 8) -
conjunction
and / or
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '若' 8; GHC '若' 10, 11, 12, 13) -
conjunction
as for / pertaining to
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '若' 5) -
phonetic
re
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Used in transliteration of Indian terms, such as 般若波羅蜜 Bōrěbōluómì 'Prajñāpāramitā' (Kroll 2015 '若' rě 1). -
noun
pomegranite
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Concept: Fruit 水果
Notes: As in 若榴 rěliu (Kroll 2015 '若' rě 2) -
verb
to choose
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 选择 (GHC '若' 1) -
verb
to agree / to accord with / to conform to
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
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 2015 '若' 2; GHC '若' 2). -
adverb
thus
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 若 was used sometimes as an adverb in this sense in preclassical Chinese (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 90). -
noun
pollia
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Concept: Herb 香草
Notes: The name of the herb 杜若 (Kroll 2015 '若' 9; GHC '若' 3) -
noun
Ruo
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Concept: Deity 神
Notes: The name of the sea god (GHC '若' 4) -
adverb
only then
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 乃 or 才(GHC '若' 14)
Contained in
- 若无其事(若無其事) as if nothing had happened / calmly / nonchalantly
- 治大国若烹小鲜(治大國若烹小鮮) ruling a large nation is like cooking a small delicacy
- 惊喜若狂(驚喜若狂) pleasantly surprised like mad / capering madly with joy / to express boundless pleasure
- 习惯若自然(習慣若自然) habit becomes nature / get used to something and it seems inevitable / second nature
- 若望 John / Saint John
- 寥若晨星 rare as morning stars / few and far between / sparse
- 了若指掌(瞭若指掌) to understand as [clearly as] pointing to the palm of the hand
- 虚怀若谷(虛懷若谷) receptive as an echoing canyon / modest and open-minded
- 恍若 as if / as though / rather like
- 料敌若神(料敵若神) to measure the enemy like a god / to assess a situation very well
- 若有若无(若有若無) indistinct / faintly discernible
- 视若无睹(視若無睹) to look but not see / to neglect
Also contained in
摩诃般若释论 、 金刚般若经 、 佛母般若波罗蜜多圆集要义论 、 仁王般若陀罗尼释 、 能断金刚般若波罗蜜多经论释 、 佛说仁王般若般若波罗蜜经 、 般罗若波罗蜜 、 若羌县 、 光赞般若经 、 兰若 、 佛说观想佛母般若波罗蜜多心经 、 释摩诃般若波罗蜜经觉意三昧 、 般若波罗蜜多心经幽贊 、 若多罗 、 仁王护国般若波罗蜜经疏 、 遍智藏般若波罗蜜多心经 、 文殊师利所说摩诃般若波罗蜜经 、 大般若经 、 东海若 、 般若波罗密 、 圣八千颂般若波罗蜜多一百八名真实圆义陀罗尼经 、 般若经 、 若耶须摩派 、 尼揵陀若提子 、 大品般若 、 略明般若末后一颂赞述 、 仁王般若般若波罗蜜经 、 若羌县 、 观照般若 、 释摩诃般若波罗蜜经觉意三昧 、 波罗若底婆拖 、 舜若多 、 实相般若 、 佛说圣佛母般若波罗蜜多心经 、 阿若多 、 般罗若波罗蜜 、 弗若多罗 、 末奴是若飒缚罗 、 唐梵翻对字音般若波罗蜜多心经
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 160
- Daode Jing 《道德經》 Daode Jing 道德經 — count: 103
- 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 96
- 卷十九 Scroll 19 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 69
- 卷二百八十三 列傳第四十二 王欽若 林特 丁謂 夏竦 Volume 283 Biographies 42: Wang Qinruo, Lin Te, Ding Wei, Xia Song History of Song 宋史 — count: 69
- 卷十八 Scroll 18 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 69
- 卷七十五 志第二十八 律曆八 Volume 75 Treatises 28: Measures and Calendar 8 History of Song 宋史 — count: 64
- 哀公 Lord Ai The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 61
- 卷十七 Scroll 17 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 59
- 卷四十二 Scroll 42 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 57