| 若 | 266C30 20A.40-1 | 部居  | 畫數 9 | ㄖㄨㄛˋ [ruo4] | ||
| N. | (1) (*[re3]) 蘭若 (Budd.) a monastery, hermitage (from Sanskr. aranya); 般若 (Budd.) understanding, wisdom (from Sanskr. prajna). (2) A surname. | |||||
| Pron. | (LL, AC) you, your: 若輩 [ruo4bei4]↓; 若犀 (pl.) you; 若曹 ditto; 若父 your father. | |||||
| V.i. | Seem appear to: 若合符節 seem to fit to a T; 若無其事 as if nothing had occurred. | |||||
| Adj. | Such, like, similar: 若而人 such kind of persons; 不若人 unlike, no match for, others; 相若 similar to: 年相若 of the same age; 君子哉若人 such a person is truly a gentleman; 若大旱之望雨也 it's like longing for rain during a drought; 宛若天仙 divinely beautiful (“looks like a heavenly fairy”). | |||||
| Adv. | Seemingly, partly, in uncommitted manner: 若有若無 not much, if any; (of misty landscape) faintly discernible; 若隱若現 partly hidden and partly visible; 若即若離 (of relations between persons) luke-warm, half-hearted, (between lovers) partly accepting, partly rejecting. | |||||
| Prep. | As, like: 視若仇敵 regard as enemy; 待之若上賓 treat s.o. as an honored guest; 視若父兄 as dearly beloved as father and brother; 若喪家之狗 like a stray dog. | |||||
| Conj. | (1) If, as if, in case: 倘若 if, supposing; 若使 [ruo4shi3]↓; 若有所失 feel lost; 若有所思 as if deep in thought; 若將就木 as though about to die; 若己推而內之溝中 as if oneself had pushed them into the gutters; 若不早圖 if no attempt is made early enough to forestall it; 若果立之 if he is made king; 若有甲兵之事 in case war should come; 若其 in case; 若果 in case that; 若非 unless. (2) Both …and …: 若老若幼 both old and young. (3) Than: 莫若 nothing better than: 止謗莫若自修 nothing stops gossip as correcting one's own ways. | |||||
| Words | 1. 若輩 [ruo4bei4], pron., (1) (pl.) you; (2) such people. 2. 若夫 [ruo4fu2], prep., as to. 3. 若干 [ruo4gan1], (1) n., a certain amount; (2) adj., how much or many? 4. 若箇 [ruo4ge4], pron., (1) that one (also 若個); (2) how much or many? 5. 若何 [ruo4he2], adv., (1) how then? (2) what then? 6. 若榴 [ruo4liu2], n., (bot.) (AC) the pomegranate. 7. 若鷺 [ruo4lu4], n., (zoo.) the pond smelt. 8. 若木 [ruo4mu4], n., (AC) a legendary tree supposed to grow where the sun sets. 9. 若若 [ruo4ruo4], adj., (AC) dangling, overhanging. 10. 若是 [ruo4shi4], conj., if, supposing: 若是乎 so, thus, in such a way, to such an extent. 11. 若許 [ruo4xU3], adj., so much or many. 12. 若使 [ruo4shi3], conj., if, supposing. 13. 若為 [ruo4wei2], adv., if, if it is. 14. 若言 [ruo4yan2], n., (1) words of this kind; (2) (AC) candid words. 15. 若英 [ruo4ying1], n., (1) the flower of 若木 [ruo4mu4]↑; (2) Pollia japonica. | |||||