宛如

Chinese

		similar; winding	as (if); such as
trad. (宛如)		宛	如
simp. #(宛如)		宛	如

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǎnrú

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˇ ㄖㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun² jyu⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): oán-lû / oán-lîr / oán-jû / oán-jî

  (Teochew, Peng'im): uang² ru⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǎnrú
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˇ ㄖㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǎnrú
    • Wade–Giles: wan³-ju²
    • Yale: wǎn-rú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woanru
    • Palladius: ваньжу (vanʹžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun² jyu⁴
    • Yale: yún yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn² jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun² yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn³⁵ jyː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oán-lû
    • Tâi-lô: uán-lû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oafnluu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lu²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oán-lîr
    • Tâi-lô: uán-lîr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /uan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lɯ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oán-jû
    • Tâi-lô: uán-jû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oafnjuu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /uan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zu²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡zu¹³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oán-jî
    • Tâi-lô: uán-jî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oafnjii
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /uan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zi²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: uang² ru⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: uáng jû
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ d͡zu⁵⁵/

Verb

宛如

1. (literary) to be just like

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)
• 有如 (yǒurú) (formal)
• 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)