# 如此
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): rúcǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ ㄘˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu$^4$ ci$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): yì-chhṳ́
    (Meixian, Guangdong): yi$^2$ ci$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lû-chhú / lîr-chhír / lû-chhír / jû-chhú / jî-chhú / lî-chhú
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ru$^5$ ce$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: rúcǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ ㄘˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: rúcǐh
*** Wade–Giles: ju$^2$-tzʻŭ$^3$
*** Yale: rú-tsž
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rutsyy
*** Palladius: жуцы (žucy)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʐu³⁵ t͡sʰz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jyu$^4$ ci$^2$
*** Yale: yùh chí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jy$^4$ tsi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yu$^4$ qi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /jyː²¹ t͡sʰiː³⁵/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$如此 餘矢 / 余矢
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yì-chhṳ́
*** Hakka Romanization System: i$^ˇ$ cii$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yi$^2$ ci$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /i¹¹ t͡sʰɨ³¹/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yì-chhṳ́
*** Hakka Romanization System: (r)i$^ˇ$ cii$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yi$^2$ ci$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /(j)i¹¹ t͡sʰɨ³¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: yi$^2$ ci$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /i¹¹ t͡sʰz̩³¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lû-chhú
*** Tâi-lô: lû-tshú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: luzhuo
*** IPA (Taipei): /lu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰu⁵³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /lu²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰu⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîr-chhír
*** Tâi-lô: lîr-tshír
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lɯ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰɯ⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lû-chhír
*** Tâi-lô: lû-tshír
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lu²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰɯ⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jû-chhú
*** Tâi-lô: jû-tshú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: juzhuo
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zu¹³⁻²² t͡sʰu⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /zu²³⁻³³ t͡sʰu⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jî-chhú
*** Tâi-lô: jî-tshú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: jizhuo
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /zi²³⁻³³ t͡sʰu⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lî-chhú
*** Tâi-lô: lî-tshú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lizhuo
*** IPA (Taipei): /li²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰu⁵³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ru$^5$ ce$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jû tshṳ́
*** Sinological IPA : /d͡zu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰɯ⁵²/
* Middle Chinese: nyo|nyoH tshjeX
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/ | /ȵɨʌ$^H$/ | /t͡sʰiᴇ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ȵiɔ/ | /ȵiɔ$^H$/ | /t͡sʰiɛ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȵʑiɔ/ | /ȵʑiɔ$^H$/ | /t͡sʰjɛ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ȵɨə̆/ | /ȵɨə̆$^H$/ | /t͡sʰiə̆$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ȵiɔ/ | /ȵiɔ$^H$/ | /t͡sʰie$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ȵʑĭo/ | /ȵʑĭo$^H$/ | /t͡sʰǐe$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȵʑi̯wo/ | /ȵʑi̯wo$^H$/ | /t͡sʰie̯$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | rú | rù | cǐ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jyu$^4$ | jyu$^6$ | ci$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*na [tsʰ]e(j)ʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*nja|njas sʰeʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 如 | 此 |
| Reading # | 2/2 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | rú | cǐ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ nyo › | ‹ tshje$^X$ › |
| 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 |

### Adverb

如此
* 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?

#### Synonyms

* (literary) 如是 (rúshì), 如斯 (rúsī)
* (colloquial) 這樣／这样 (zhèyàng)

#### Derived terms

* 原來如此 / 原来如此 (yuánláirúcǐ)
* 如此而已