Chinese symbol for “supposing”
倘若
tǎng ruò
if; supposing; in case
The closest CC-CEDICT match for supposing is 倘若 (tǎng ruò), defined as: if; supposing; in case.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “supposing”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 倘若.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 倘佯 | cháng yáng | variant of 徜徉 (cháng yáng) |
| 倘或 | tǎng huò | if; supposing that |
| 倘然 | tǎng rán | if; supposing that; leisurely |
| 倘如 | tǎng rú | if |
| 倘能如此 | tǎng néng rú cǐ | if this can be done |
| 若干 | ruò gān | a certain number or amount; how many? |
| 假若 | jiǎ ruò | if; supposing |
| 若非 | ruò fēi | were it not for; if not for |
See also: Japanese symbol for “supposing”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.