假如

Meaning(conjunction, verb)

if

Examples

• 假如明天下雨，我们就不去了。

  jiǎ rú míng tiān xià yǔ, wǒ men jiù bú qù le.

  If it rains tomorrow, we won't go.

• 假如你是我，你会怎么做？

  jiǎ rú nǐ shì wǒ, nǐ huì zěn me zuò?

  If you were me, what would you do?

• 假如有机会，我想去北京工作。

  jiǎ rú yǒu jī huì, wǒ xiǎng qù běi jīng gōng zuò.

  If I get the chance, I'd like to work in Beijing.

Easily confused

• 如果 — Same meaning; 如果 is the most common, 假如 is slightly literary and stresses the hypothetical.

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