正如

Chinese

		just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year	as (if); such as
trad. (正如)		正	如
simp. #(正如)		正	如

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhèngrú

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ ㄖㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing³ jyu⁴
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): zian³ ru⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhèngrú
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄖㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhèngrú
    • Wade–Giles: chêng⁴-ju²
    • Yale: jèng-rú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqru
    • Palladius: чжэнжу (čžɛnžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ ʐu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing³ jyu⁴
    • Yale: jing yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing³ jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing³ yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ³³ jyː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zian³ ru⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiàⁿ jû
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sĩã²¹³⁻⁵⁵ d͡zu⁵⁵/

Verb

正如

1. to be just like; to be just as

   • 因為那進入安息的，乃是歇了自己的工，正如神歇了他的工一樣。 [MSC, trad.]
     因为那进入安息的，乃是歇了自己的工，正如神歇了他的工一样。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 希伯來書 (Hebrews) 4:10

     Yīnwèi nà jìnrù ānxī de, nǎishì xiē le zìjǐ de gōng, zhèngrú Shén xiē le tā de gōng yīyàng. [Pinyin]

     For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.

Synonyms

• 恰似 (qiàsì)
• 恰如 (qiàrú)
• 拄像 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 拄親像／拄亲像 (Hokkien)
• 正像 (zhèngxiàng)
• 直似 (zhísì) (literary)