宛若

Chinese

		similar; winding	to seem; like; as to seem; like; as; if
trad. (宛若)		宛	若
simp. #(宛若)		宛	若

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǎnruò

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˇ ㄖㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun² joek⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǎnruò
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˇ ㄖㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǎnruò
    • Wade–Giles: wan³-jo⁴
    • Yale: wǎn-rwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woanruoh
    • Palladius: ваньжо (vanʹžo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun² joek⁶
    • Yale: yún yeuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn² joek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun² yêg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn³⁵ jœːk̚²/

Verb

宛若

1. (literary) to be as if; to be like

   美好時光是那樣的短暫，宛若天空滑過的流星般轉瞬即逝。 [MSC, trad.]
   美好时光是那样的短暂，宛若天空滑过的流星般转瞬即逝。 [MSC, simp.]

   Měihǎo shíguāng shì nàyàng de duǎnzàn, wǎnruò tiānkōng huá guò de liúxīng bān zhuǎnshùnjíshì. [Pinyin]

   Happy times are so short; like a shooting star, they are gone in an instant.

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)
• 就像 (jiùxiàng)
• 彷彿／仿佛 (fǎngfú)
• 忽如 (hūrú) (literary)
• 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)