HSK 6 · Function Words

倘若 tǎngruò “if” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 倘若 means

  1. if
  2. supposing
  3. in case

How to say 倘若

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale倘tǎng3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale若ruò4th tone, falling

倘若 in a sentence

  1. 倘若明天下雨，我们就改天再去。

    Tǎngruò míngtiān xiàyǔ, wǒmen jiù gǎitiān zài qù.

    If it rains tomorrow, we’ll go another day.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 倘若你有困难，随时告诉我。

    Tǎngruò nǐ yǒu kùnnan, suíshí gàosu wǒ.

    If you run into any difficulty, let me know any time.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 倘若 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 倘 (tǎng) with each of its parts in a different colour
倘tǎngif; supposing; in case
  • 亻person form of 人 · rénMeaning part
  • 尚still · shàngSound part

亻 hints at the meaning (person); 尚 (shàng) hints at the sound. Compare it with tǎng.

The character 若 (ruò) with each of its parts in a different colour
若ruòto seem
  • 艹grass form of 艸 · cǎo
  • 右right · yòu

How to write 倘若

倘 10 strokes · 若 8 strokes

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倘若 (tǎngruò) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 倘若 (tǎngruò). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 倘若

Words with 若

若干ruògān · a certain number

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FAQs

倘若 (tǎngruò) means “if” or “supposing”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it tǎngruò: tǎng with a 3rd tone, then ruò with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 倘若 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tangruo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 倘若 from the suggestions. Typing tangruo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
倘若 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.