如此

Chinese

		as (if); such as	this; these
trad. (如此)		如	此
simp. #(如此)		如	此

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rúcǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ ㄘˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ ci²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yì-chhṳ́
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lû-chhú / lîr-chhír / lû-chhír / jû-chhú / jî-chhú / lî-chhú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rúcǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ ㄘˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rúcǐh
    • Wade–Giles: ju²-tzʻŭ³
    • Yale: rú-tsž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rutsyy
    • Palladius: жуцы (žucy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu³⁵ t͡sʰz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴ ci²
    • Yale: yùh chí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ tsi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ qi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ t͡sʰiː³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 如此 餘矢／余矢

• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yì-chhṳ́
    • Hakka Romanization System: iˇ cii`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yi<sup>2</sup> ci<sup>3</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /i¹¹ t͡sʰɨ³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yì-chhṳ́
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iˇ cii`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yi² ci³
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i¹¹ t͡sʰɨ³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lû-chhú
    • Tâi-lô: lû-tshú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: luzhuo
    • IPA (Taipei): /lu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰu⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lu²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîr-chhír
    • Tâi-lô: lîr-tshír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɯ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lû-chhír
    • Tâi-lô: lû-tshír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lu²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jû-chhú
    • Tâi-lô: jû-tshú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: juzhuo
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zu¹³⁻²² t͡sʰu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zu²³⁻³³ t͡sʰu⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jî-chhú
    • Tâi-lô: jî-tshú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jizhuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zi²³⁻³³ t͡sʰu⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lî-chhú
    • Tâi-lô: lî-tshú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lizhuo
    • IPA (Taipei): /li²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰu⁵³/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 如此

1. so; such; the case; this way

   往往如此  ―  wǎngwǎng rúcǐ  ―  to be often the case

   事已如此  ―  shì yǐ rúcǐ  ―  this being the case

   真的如此嗎？／真的如此吗？  ―  Zhēnde rúcǐ ma?  ―  Is that so?

   新方法也不是完美的；果然如此，它比老方法好得多。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Xīn fāngfǎ yě bùshì wánměi de; guǒrán rúcǐ, tā bǐ lǎo fāngfǎ hǎo de duō. [Pinyin]

   The new method is not perfect; even so, it is much better than the old one.

2. (literary) like this; this kind of

Synonyms

• (like this): (literary) 如是 (rúshì)

Derived terms

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