HSK 5 · Function Words

假如 jiǎrú “if” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 假如 means

  1. if

How to say 假如

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale假jiǎ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale如rú2nd tone, rising

假如 in a sentence

  1. 假如你没有这个程序，你现在就可以去下载。

    Jiǎrú nǐ méiyǒu zhè ge chéngxù, nǐ xiànzài jiù kěyǐ qù xiàzài.

    If you don’t have this program, you can go and download it now.

    Sentence #478786 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 想象一下，假如你有一台时光机。

    Xiǎngxiàng yíxià, jiǎrú nǐ yǒu yì tái shíguāngjī.

    Imagine you had a time machine.

    Sentence #4267375 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 假如能一个月之内还上的话，我可以把钱借给你。

    Jiǎrú néng yí ge yuè zhīnèi huán shàng dehuà, wǒ kěyǐ bǎ qián jiè gěi nǐ.

    If you can pay it back within a month, I can lend you the money.

    Sentence #8652807 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 假如 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 假 (jià) with each of its parts in a different colour
假jiǎfake
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 叚false

Memory aidPerson 亻 with 叚 (jiǎ) for the sound: false, fake. Read jià, it means a holiday.

The character 如 (rú) with each of its parts in a different colour
如rúas
  • 女woman · nǚ
  • 口mouth · kǒu

How to write 假如

假 11 strokes · 如 6 strokes

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

Words related to 假如

Words with 假

请假qǐngjià · to ask for time off假期jiàqī · holiday放假fàngjià · to have a holiday休假xiūjià · to take leave假jiǎ · false寒假hánjià · winter holidays放暑假fàngshǔjià · to be on summer holidays假装jiǎzhuāng · to feign假设jiǎshè · to suppose虚假xūjiǎ · false

Words with 如

如果rúguǒ · if比如bǐrú · for example例如lìrú · for example如今rújīn · nowadays不如bùrú · not equal to如何rúhé · how譬如pìrú · for example犹如yóurú · just like称心如意chènxīnrúyì · to be completely satisfied一如既往yìrújìwǎng · as always

More words: Function Words & Grammar

忽然hūrán · suddenly基本jīběn · basic急忙jímáng · hastily甲jiǎ · first (in a sequence)简直jiǎnzhí · simply尽快jǐnkuài · as soon as possible尽量jǐnliàng · as much as possible极其jíqí · extremely

FAQs

假如 (jiǎrú) means “if”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it jiǎrú: jiǎ with a 3rd tone, then rú with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 假如 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiaru with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 假如 from the suggestions. Typing jiaru into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
假如 is an HSK 5 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.