有如

Chinese

		to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	as (if); such as
trad. (有如)		有	如
simp. #(有如)		有	如

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǒurú

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˇ ㄖㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁵ jyu⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iú-lîr / iú-lû / iú-jî / ū-jû / ū-jî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǒurú
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˇ ㄖㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǒurú
    • Wade–Giles: yu³-ju²
    • Yale: yǒu-rú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeouru
    • Palladius: южу (južu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jau⁵ jyu⁴
    • Yale: yáuh yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁵ jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁵ yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯¹³ jyː²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 有如 有餘／有余

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iú-lîr
    • Tâi-lô: iú-lîr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lɯ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iú-lû
    • Tâi-lô: iú-lû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iwluu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lu²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iú-jî
    • Tâi-lô: iú-jî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iwjii
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡zi¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ū-jû
    • Tâi-lô: ū-jû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uxjuu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /u³³⁻²¹ zu²³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ū-jî
    • Tâi-lô: ū-jî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uxjii
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /u³³⁻²¹ zi²³/

Verb

有如

1. (formal) to be just like; to be similar to; as if; as though

Synonyms

• 不啻 (bùchì) (literary)
• 似 (ci⁵) (Cantonese, Classical Chinese)
• 似乎 (sìhū)
• 似如 (si⁴ y²) (Xiang)
• 像 (xiàng)
• 像係／像系 (Hakka)
• 像是 (xiàngshì)
• 儼如／俨如 (yǎnrú) (literary)
• 儼然／俨然 (yǎnrán)
• 儼若／俨若 (yǎnruò) (literary)
• 勝如／胜如 (⁵sen-zy) (Wu)
• 好似 (hǎosì)
• 好像 (hǎoxiàng)
• 如同 (rútóng)
• 好比 (hǎobǐ)
• 宛 (Classical Chinese, or compounds only)
• 宛如 (wǎnrú) (literary)
• 宛然 (wǎnrán) (literary)
• 宛若 (wǎnruò) (literary)
• 就像 (jiùxiàng)
• 彷彿／仿佛 (fǎngfú)
• 忽如 (hūrú) (literary)
• 恍若 (huǎngruò)
• 敢若 (Hokkien)
• 敢若是 (Hokkien)
• 𣍐輸／𫧃输 (bē-su) (Hokkien)
• 猶似／犹似 (yóusì) (literary)
• 猶像／犹像 (yóuxiàng) (literary)
• 猶如／犹如 (yóurú) (formal)
• 甲像 (Hokkien)
• 甲像是 (Hokkien)
• 甲親像／甲亲像 (Hokkien)
• 看上去 (kàn shàngqù)
• 看似 (kànsì)
• 看來／看来 (kànlái)
• 看樣子／看样子 (kànyàngzi)
• 看起來／看起来 (kànqilai)
• 若 (Classical Chinese, or compounds only)
• 若像 (Hokkien)
• 若親像／若亲像 (Hokkien)
• 表面上 (biǎomiànshang)
• 親像／亲像 (Hakka, Hokkien)
• 象 (xiàng)
• 貌似 (màosì)
• 賽可／赛可 (Ningbonese)
• 較像／较像 (Hokkien)
• 較像是／较像是 (Hokkien)
• 較親像／较亲像 (Hokkien)
• 顯得／显得 (xiǎnde)