# 假若
## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiǎruò
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄖㄨㄛˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa$^2$ joek$^6$
* Eastern Min (BUC): gā-iŏk
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ká-nā / ká-nǎ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎruò
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄖㄨㄛˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎruò
*** Wade–Giles: chia$^3$-jo$^4$
*** Yale: jyǎ-rwò
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jearuoh
*** Palladius: цзяжо (czjažo)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gaa$^2$ joek$^6$
*** Yale: gá yeuhk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gaa$^2$ joek$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ga$^2$ yêg$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /kaː³⁵ jœːk̚²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: gā-iŏk
*** Sinological IPA : /ka³³⁻²¹ yoʔ⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ká-nā
*** Tâi-lô: ká-nā
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kafna
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ka⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ nã³³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ka⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nã³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ka⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nã²²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ká-nǎ
*** Tâi-lô: ká-nǎ
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ka⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nã²²/

#### Conjunction

假若
* if; supposing

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 若, 假, 如, 使, 令, 苟, 向, 向使, 向令, 假令, 假使, 誠, 誠使, 倘, 儻, 當使 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 若, 如, 如果, 若果, 果若, 假如, 假若, 假使, 假設, 倘若, 倘或, 倘然, 倘使, 若是, 若然, 設若, 設使, 設令, 設或, 設 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 要是, 要 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 要是, 要, 如果 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 如果 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 如果 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 要是 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 要是 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 要是, 假比 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 要是 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 要是, 要, 假使 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 要是, 倘此, 倘倘 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 如果, 若果, 若然, 假使間 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 如果, 若果, 若然, 若然之, 假使, 假使間, 假如 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 假如 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 如果, 假使 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 設若 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 如果 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 如果 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 要是, 若是 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 假使 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 係話, 若係, 如果 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 若果, 係講, 係話 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 係講, 若係, 假使 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 係講, 係準, 係準講, 準講, 準假, 係若, 若係, 假使, 假詐 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 係講, 若係, 假使 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 準講, 可比, 假使, 係講, 若係, 若係講, 準若講 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 係講, 若係, 假使 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 若係講, 假使, 若講, 係講, 若係 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 假使 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 要是 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 來是, 如果 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 來是, 如果 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 儷是, 若還 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 設使, 若是, 若, 若欲是, 假若, 假若是, 欲, 欲是, 甲若, 甲若是 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 設使, 若是, 若, 若欲是, 假若, 假若是, 欲, 欲是 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 設使, 若是, 若, 假若, 假若是, 欲, 欲是, 甲若, 甲若是 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 若是, 若準, 若, 假使, 設使 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 若是, 若準 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 若是 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 若是, 若, 假使 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 若是 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 如果 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 若, 若是 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 若是 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 要是, 如果, 假使, 倘然, 倘使, 是得 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 要, 如果 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 若是, 若 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 要是 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 要是, 要此 |

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 假若 – see 敢若 (“to seem; to be like; as if; since; as; now that”). (This term is a variant form of 敢若).