HSK 6 · Function Words

犹如 yóurú “just like” in Chinese

Traditional 猶如

What 犹如 means

  1. just like
  2. as if
  3. similar to
  4. like

How to say 犹如

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale犹yóu2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale如rú2nd tone, rising

犹如 in a sentence

  1. 靠武力取胜，犹如落败，因为这样的胜利不会长久。

    Kào wǔlì qǔshèng, yóurú luòbài, yīnwèi zhèyàng de shènglì bú huì chángjiǔ.

    Victory won by force is like defeat, because such victory does not last.

    Sentence #7033616 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 犹如 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 犹 (yóu) with each of its parts in a different colour
犹yóuas if
  • 犭dog form of 犬 · quǎnMeaning part
  • 尤especially · yóuSound part

犭 hints at the meaning (dog); 尤 (yóu) hints at the sound. Compare it with yóu.

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

How to write 犹如

犹 7 strokes · 如 6 strokes

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

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

Words related to 犹如

Words with 犹

犹豫yóuyù · to hesitate

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如何rúhé · how譬如pìrú · for example称心如意chènxīnrúyì · to be completely satisfied一如既往yìrújìwǎng · as always

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一向yíxiàng · always以至yǐzhì · to such an extent that以致yǐzhì · with the result that勇于yǒngyú · to have the courage to愈yù · the more … the more咋zǎ · how照样zhàoyàng · as usual之际zhījì · at the time of

FAQs

犹如 (yóurú) means “just like” or “as if”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yóurú: yóu with a 2nd 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.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 犹如 is written 猶如. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type youru with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 犹如 from the suggestions. Typing youru into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
犹如 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.