忽如

Chinese

		suddenly	as (if); such as
trad. (忽如)		忽	如
simp. #(忽如)		忽	如

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hūrú

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨ ㄖㄨˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hūrú
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨ ㄖㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hurú
    • Wade–Giles: hu¹-ju²
    • Yale: hū-rú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huru
    • Palladius: хужу (xužu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu⁵⁵ ʐu³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xwot nyo

Rime
Character	忽	如
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	魂 (56)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	呼骨切	人諸切
Baxter	xwot	nyo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/huət̚/	/ȵɨʌ/
Pan Wuyun	/huot̚/	/ȵiɔ/
Shao Rongfen	/xuət̚/	/ȵʑiɔ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwət̚/	/ȵɨə̆/
Li Rong	/xuət̚/	/ȵiɔ/
Wang Li	/xuət̚/	/ȵʑĭo/
Bernard Karlgren	/xuət̚/	/ȵʑi̯wo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hu	rú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fat1	jyu4

Verb

忽如

1. (literary) to be just like; to be similar to; as if; as though

   • 人生天地間，忽如遠行客 [MSC, trad.]
     人生天地间，忽如远行客 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 《青青陵上柏》

     rén shēng tiāndì jiān, hūrú yuǎnxíng kè [Pinyin]

     As we live between heaven and earth,
     Life is like a traveller going on a long journey.

   • 捐軀赴國難，視死忽如歸。 [MSC, trad.]
     捐躯赴国难，视死忽如归。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 3^rd century, Cao Zhi, 《白馬篇》

     Juānqū fù guónàn, shì sǐ hūrú guī. [Pinyin]

     Devoted to nothing but the country's rescue,
     He stares into the face of Death proud and ready.
     (literally, “[...], he sees death like returning.”)

   • 進不辨貴，退不知賤，兀然造化，忽如草木。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     进不辨贵，退不知贱，兀然造化，忽如草木。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Southern Qi, by Xiao Zixian, 6^th century CE

     Jìn bù biàn guì, tuì bù zhī jiàn, wùrán zàohuà, hūrú cǎomù. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 忽如一夜春風來，千樹萬樹梨花開。 [MSC, trad.]
     忽如一夜春风来，千树万树梨花开。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 8^th century, Cen Shen, 《白雪歌送武判官歸京》

     Hūrú yī yè chūnfēng lái, qiān shù wàn shù líhuā kāi. [Pinyin]

     Is like a spring gale, come up in the night,
     Blowing open the petals of ten thousand peartrees.

Synonyms

• 不啻 (bùchì) (literary)
• 似 (ci⁵) (Cantonese, Classical Chinese)
• 似乎 (sìhū)
• 似如 (si⁴ y²) (Xiang)
• 像 (xiàng)
• 像係／像系 (Hakka)
• 像是 (xiàngshì)
• 儼如／俨如 (yǎnrú) (literary)
• 儼然／俨然 (yǎnrán)
• 儼若／俨若 (yǎnruò) (literary)
• 勝如／胜如 (⁵sen-zy) (Wu)
• 好似 (hǎosì)
• 好像 (hǎoxiàng)
• 如同 (rútóng)
• 好比 (hǎobǐ)
• 宛 (Classical Chinese, or compounds only)
• 宛如 (wǎnrú) (literary)
• 宛然 (wǎnrán) (literary)
• 宛若 (wǎnruò) (literary)
• 就像 (jiùxiàng)
• 彷彿／仿佛 (fǎngfú)
• 恍若 (huǎngruò)
• 敢若 (Hokkien)
• 敢若是 (Hokkien)
• 𣍐輸／𫧃输 (bē-su) (Hokkien)
• 有如 (yǒurú) (formal)
• 猶似／犹似 (yóusì) (literary)
• 猶像／犹像 (yóuxiàng) (literary)
• 猶如／犹如 (yóurú) (formal)
• 甲像 (Hokkien)
• 甲像是 (Hokkien)
• 甲親像／甲亲像 (Hokkien)
• 看上去 (kàn shàngqù)
• 看似 (kànsì)
• 看來／看来 (kànlái)
• 看樣子／看样子 (kànyàngzi)
• 看起來／看起来 (kànqilai)
• 若 (Classical Chinese, or compounds only)
• 若像 (Hokkien)
• 若親像／若亲像 (Hokkien)
• 表面上 (biǎomiànshang)
• 親像／亲像 (Hakka, Hokkien)
• 象 (xiàng)
• 貌似 (màosì)
• 賽可／赛可 (Ningbonese)
• 較像／较像 (Hokkien)
• 較像是／较像是 (Hokkien)
• 較親像／较亲像 (Hokkien)
• 顯得／显得 (xiǎnde)