如

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Pronunciation

Peng'im: ru5
POJ: jû
Variety: chaozhou

Pronunciation note: Realised [dz] ~ [z] ~ [l] depending on speaker and register; many younger speakers merge it with /l/. The cited sources corroborate [dz], relaxing to [z] for younger/overseas speakers; neither attests the further merger to /l/.

Meanings and usage

verb: to be like, as, such as
如, 好比

The page lists many senses under one general reading (comparative verb, conditional conjunction, postposition, archaic pronoun, surname) with no dialect-specific sense marked, so picking a single primary sense is somewhat uncertain.

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