假若

Chinese

		vacation; fake; false vacation; fake; false; artificial; to borrow; if; suppose	to seem; like; as to seem; like; as; if
trad. (假若)		假	若
simp. ^#(假若)		假	若

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiǎruò

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄖㄨㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa² joek⁶
Eastern Min (BUC): gā-iŏk
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ká-nā / ká-nǎ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎruò
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄖㄨㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎruò
  - Wade–Giles: chia³-jo⁴
  - Yale: jyǎ-rwò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jearuoh
  - Palladius: цзяжо (czjažo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaa² joek⁶
  - Yale: gá yeuhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaa² joek⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ga² yêg⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː³⁵ jœːk̚²/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: gā-iŏk
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ka³³⁻²¹ yoʔ⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ká-nā
  - Tâi-lô: ká-nā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kafna
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ka⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ nã³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ka⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nã³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ka⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nã²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ká-nǎ
  - Tâi-lô: ká-nǎ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ka⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nã²²/

Conjunction

假若

if; supposing

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 如果 (“if”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		若, 假, 如, 使, 令, 苟, 向, 向使, 向令, 假令, 假使, 誠, 誠使, 倘, 儻, 當使
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		若, 如, 如果, 若果, 果若, 假如, 假若, 假使, 假設, 倘若, 倘或, 倘然, 倘使, 若是, 若然, 設若, 設使, 設令, 設或, 設
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	要是, 要
	Taiwan	要是, 要, 如果
	Malaysia	如果
	Singapore	如果
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	要是
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	要是
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	要是, 假比
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	要是
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	要是, 要, 假使
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	要是, 倘此, 倘倘
Cantonese	Guangzhou	如果, 若果, 若然, 假使間
	Hong Kong	如果, 若果, 若然, 若然之, 假使, 假使間, 假如
	Macau	假如
	Taishan	如果, 假使
	Yangjiang	設若
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	如果
	Singapore (Guangfu)	如果
Gan	Nanchang	要是, 若是
Gan	Lichuan	假使
Hakka	Meixian	係話, 若係, 如果
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	若果, 係講, 係話
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	係講, 若係, 假使
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	係講, 係準, 係準講, 準講, 準假, 係若, 若係, 假使, 假詐
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	係講, 若係, 假使
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	準講, 可比, 假使, 係講, 若係, 若係講, 準若講
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	係講, 若係, 假使
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	若係講, 假使, 若講, 係講, 若係
	Kuching (Hepo)	假使
Jin	Taiyuan	要是
Northern Min	Jian'ou	來是, 如果
Northern Min	Pucheng (Shibei)	來是, 如果
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	儷是, 若還
Southern Min	Xiamen	設使, 若是, 若, 若欲是, 假若, 假若是, 欲, 欲是, 甲若, 甲若是
	Quanzhou	設使, 若是, 若, 若欲是, 假若, 假若是, 欲, 欲是
	Zhangzhou	設使, 若是, 若, 假若, 假若是, 欲, 欲是, 甲若, 甲若是
	Tainan	若是, 若準, 若, 假使, 設使
	Penang (Hokkien)	若是, 若準
	Singapore (Hokkien)	若是
	Manila (Hokkien)	若是, 若, 假使
	Chaozhou	若是
	Shantou	如果
	Jieyang	若, 若是
	Singapore (Teochew)	若是
Wu	Shanghai	要是, 如果, 假使, 倘然, 倘使, 是得
	Suzhou	要, 如果
	Wenzhou	若是, 若
Xiang	Changsha	要是
Xiang	Shuangfeng	要是, 要此

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 假若 – see 敢若 (“to seem; to be like; as if; since; as; now that”). (This term is a variant form of 敢若).