ruò = ru + o4
to seem / like / as / if
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How to pronounce 若

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= ru initial

Ru is for Rachel Rhinoceros.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ o4 final

In the observatory’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago

若 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
cǎo = c + ao3
grass radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[cao3 zi4 tou2 r5]
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yòu = y + ou4
(bound form) right; right-hand side / (bound form) (politics) right of center / (bound form) (old) west / (literary) the right side as the side of precedence
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Characters with 若 as component

nuò = nu + o4
to consent / to promise / (literary) yes!
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= r + e3
to provoke / to irritate / to vex / to stir up / to anger / to attract (troubles) / to cause (problems)
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= ni + Ø4
to hide
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Words with 若

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overwhelmed by favor from superior (humble expr.)
as if nothing had happened (idiom); calmly / nonchalantly
to be wild with joy (idiom)

Sentences with 若

ruò
chú
 
 
lóng
gōng
yǒng
yuǎn
ān
níng

Want to remember 若 for good?

Make it your learning target and MandarinBanana works out the shortest route to it: the two sounds its syllable is built from, then the components of the character itself, one short step at a time. No account needed to start.

ruò

to seem / like / as / if

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