HSK · Level 2
130 words
Chinese word
如此
Pronunciation
Pinyinrú cǐ
Meaning
- adverbso
Example
事情没有如此严重。shì qíng méi yǒu rú cǐ yán zhòng
Things are not that serious.
More examples
他的话听起来有道理，但事实并不像如此简单。tā de huà tīng qǐ lái yǒu dào lǐ dàn shì shí bìng bú xiàng rú cǐ jiǎn dān
His words sound reasonable, but the facts are not that simple.
Core concept
Points to a state, manner, or degree as matching a reference point.
Common phrases
如此下去rú cǐ xià qù
if things continue this way
如此一来rú cǐ yì lái
if so
Similar words
这么zhè me: Points to a state or degree as reaching this level or being like this in everyday speech.
那么nà me: Points to a state or degree as reaching that level or being like that in everyday speech.
这样zhè yàng: Shows that an action or situation happens in this way.
Definition in Chinese
表示方式或程度，相当于“这样”“那么”，用于说明事物的状态或达到的程度，常见于书面或正式表达中。biǎo shì fāng shì huò chéng dù xiāng dāng yú zhè yàng nà me yòng yú shuō míng shì wù de zhuàng tài huò dá dào de chéng dù cháng jiàn yú shū miàn huò zhèng shì biǎo dá zhōng
Word origin
如 (rú, "resemble") + 此 (cǐ, "this") forms a formal pointer to something that is like this or reaches this degree.
Usage tips
- In everyday conversation, this adverb often sounds more formal than shorter spoken alternatives, so it commonly appears in careful explanations, writing, or emphatic statements.
Other meanings
- this muchadverb
- like thisadverb
Opposites
- 并非如此bìng fēi rú cǐnot soadverb
Related words
- 如此这般rú cǐ zhè bānlike thisidiom
- 如此而已rú cǐ ér yǐnothing moreidiom