倘若

Chinese

		if	to seem; like; as to seem; like; as; if
trad. (倘若)		倘	若
simp. #(倘若)		倘	若

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǎngruò

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄤˇ ㄖㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tong² joek⁶

• Eastern Min (BUC): tōng-iŏk
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thóng-lio̍k / thóng-jia̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tǎngruò
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄤˇ ㄖㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tǎngruò
    • Wade–Giles: tʻang³-jo⁴
    • Yale: tǎng-rwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taangruoh
    • Palladius: танжо (tanžo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tong² joek⁶
    • Yale: tóng yeuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tong² joek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tong² yêg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːŋ³⁵ jœːk̚²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: tōng-iŏk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰouŋ³³⁻²¹ ^(Ø-)ŋyoʔ⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thóng-lio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: thóng-lio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tofngliok
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ liɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɔk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thóng-jia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: thóng-jia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tofngjiak
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡ziak̚¹²¹/

Conjunction

倘若

1. (formal) if; supposing that

   • 歐巴馬：倘若能三度競選，我能選贏川普！ [MSC, trad.]
     欧巴马：倘若能三度竞选，我能选赢川普！ [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2016, 歐巴馬：倘若能三度競選 我能選贏川普！

     Ōubāmǎ: tǎngruò néng sāndù jìngxuǎn, wǒ néng xuǎnyíng Chuānpǔ! [Pinyin]

     Obama: If I can have a third term, I would be able to beat Trump!

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 如果 (“if”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		若, 假, 如, 使, 令, 苟, 向, 向使, 向令, 假令, 假使, 誠, 誠使, 倘, 儻, 當使
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		若, 如, 如果, 若果, 假如, 假若, 假使, 假設, 倘若, 倘或, 倘然, 倘使, 若是, 若然, 設若, 設使, 設令, 設或, 設
Mandarin	Beijing	要是, 要
	Taiwan	要是, 要, 如果
	Jinan	要是
	Xi'an	要是
	Wuhan	要是
	Chengdu	要是, 假比
	Yangzhou	要是, 要, 假使
	Hefei	要是, 倘此, 倘倘
	Malaysia	如果
	Singapore	如果
Cantonese	Guangzhou	如果, 若果, 若然, 假使間
	Hong Kong	如果, 若果, 若然, 若然之, 假使, 假使間, 假如
	Macau	假如
	Taishan	如果, 假使
	Yangjiang	設若
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	如果
	Singapore (Guangfu)	如果
Gan	Nanchang	要是, 若是
	Lichuan	假使
Hakka	Meixian	係話, 若係, 如果
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	若果, 係講, 係話
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	係講, 若係, 假使
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	係講, 係準, 係準講, 準講, 準假, 係若, 若係, 假使, 假詐
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	係講, 若係, 假使
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	準講, 可比, 假使, 係講, 若係, 若係講, 準若講
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	係講, 若係, 假使
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	若係講, 假使, 若講, 係講, 若係
	Kuching (Hepo)	假使
Jin	Taiyuan	要是
Northern Min	Jian'ou	來是, 如果
	Pucheng (Shibei)	來是, 如果
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	儷是, 若還
Southern Min	Xiamen	設使, 若是, 若, 若欲是, 假若, 假若是, 欲, 欲是, 甲若, 甲若是
	Quanzhou	設使, 若是, 若, 若欲是, 假若, 假若是, 欲, 欲是
	Zhangzhou	設使, 若是, 若, 假若, 假若是, 欲, 欲是, 甲若, 甲若是
	Tainan	若是, 若準, 若, 假使, 設使
	Penang (Hokkien)	若是, 若準
	Singapore (Hokkien)	若是
	Manila (Hokkien)	若是, 若, 假使
	Chaozhou	若是
	Shantou	如果
	Jieyang	若, 若是
	Singapore (Teochew)	若是
Wu	Shanghai	要是, 如果, 假使, 倘然, 倘使, 是得
	Suzhou	要, 如果
	Wenzhou	若是, 若
Xiang	Changsha	要是
	Shuangfeng	要是, 要此