HSK 5 · Function Words

如何 rúhé “how” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 如何 means

  1. how
  2. what way
  3. what

How to say 如何

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale如rú2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale何hé2nd tone, rising

如何 in a sentence

  1. 我一直想学习如何游泳。

    Wǒ yìzhí xiǎng xuéxí rúhé yóuyǒng.

    I’ve always wanted to learn to swim.

    Sentence #1446882 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 你现在感觉如何？

    Nǐ xiànzài gǎnjué rúhé?

    How are you feeling now?

    Sentence #1358665 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 你的生意进展如何？

    Nǐ de shēngyi jìnzhǎn rúhé?

    How is your business going?

    Sentence #1423321 from Tatoeba

How 如何 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 如 (rú) with each of its parts in a different colour
如rúas
  • 女woman · nǚ
  • 口mouth · kǒu
The character 何 (hé) with each of its parts in a different colour
何héwhat
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 可may · kě

How to write 如何

如 6 strokes · 何 7 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 如何

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假如jiǎrú · if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

Words with 何

任何rènhé · any何必hébì · there is no need何况hékuàng · let alone

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悄悄qiāoqiāo · quietly亲自qīnzì · personally群qún · group日常rìcháng · day-to-day始终shǐzhōng · from beginning to end似的shìde · as if首shǒu · measure word for songs and poems似乎sìhū · it seems

FAQs

如何 (rúhé) means “how” or “what way”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it rúhé: rú with a 2nd tone, then hé with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 如何 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ruhe with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 如何 from the suggestions. Typing ruhe into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
如何 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.