如此

Chinese
as (if); such as this; these
trad. (如此) 如 此
simp. #(如此) 如 此

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 如 如 此
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 日 (38) 日 (38) 清 (14)
Final (韻) 魚 (22) 魚 (22) 支 (11)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division (等) III III III
Fanqie 人諸切 人恕切 雌氏切
Baxter nyo nyoH tshjeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ȵɨʌ/ /ȵɨʌH/ /t͡sʰiᴇX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ȵiɔ/ /ȵiɔH/ /t͡sʰiɛX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ȵʑiɔ/ /ȵʑiɔH/ /t͡sʰjɛX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ȵɨə̆/ /ȵɨə̆H/ /t͡sʰiə̆X/
Li
Rong		 /ȵiɔ/ /ȵiɔH/ /t͡sʰieX/
Wang
Li		 /ȵʑĭo/ /ȵʑĭoH/ /t͡sʰǐeX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ȵʑi̯wo/ /ȵʑi̯woH/ /t͡sʰie̯X/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 rú rù cǐ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 jyu4 jyu6 ci2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 如 此
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 rú cǐ
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ nyo › ‹ tshjeX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*na/ /*[tsʰ]e(j)ʔ/
English as, like, if this

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 如 如 此
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1
No. 9623 9631 1724
Phonetic
component		 女 女 此
Rime
group		 魚 魚 支
Rime
subdivision		 0 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 如 洳 此
Old
Chinese		 /*nja/ /*njas/ /*sʰeʔ/
Notes 甲文象足踏人背，
爲跐初文

Adjective

如此

  1. like this; so; such; the case; this way
    往往如此  ―  wǎngwǎng rúcǐ  ―  to be often the case
    事已如此  ―  shì yǐ rúcǐ  ―  this being the case
    但也就如此了  ―  dàn yě jiù rúcǐ le  ―  but that is about it
    真的如此嗎？／真的如此吗？  ―  Zhēnde rúcǐ ma?  ―  Is that so?
    新方法也不是完美的；果然如此，它比老方法好得多。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
    Xīn fāngfǎ yě bùshì wánměi de; guǒrán rúcǐ, tā bǐ lǎo fāngfǎ hǎo de duō. [Pinyin]
    The new method is not perfect; even so, it is much better than the old one.

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