如同

Chinese

		as (if); such as	like; same; similar like; same; similar; together; alike; with
trad. (如同)		如	同
simp. #(如同)		如	同

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rútóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ tung⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lû-tông / lîr-tông / jû-tông / jî-tông

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ru⁵ dang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rútóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rútóng
    • Wade–Giles: ju²-tʻung²
    • Yale: rú-túng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rutorng
    • Palladius: жутун (žutun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu³⁵ tʰʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴ tung⁴
    • Yale: yùh tùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ tung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ tung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ tʰʊŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lû-tông
    • Tâi-lô: lû-tông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lu'doong
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /lu²⁴⁻²² tɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lu²⁴⁻¹¹ tɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîr-tông
    • Tâi-lô: lîr-tông
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɯ²⁴⁻²² tɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jû-tông
    • Tâi-lô: jû-tông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ju'doong
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zu¹³⁻²² tɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zu²³⁻³³ tɔŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jî-tông
    • Tâi-lô: jî-tông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ji'doong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zi²³⁻³³ tɔŋ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ru⁵ dang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jû tâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡zu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ taŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

如同

1. to be like; as; to be akin to

Synonyms

• 不啻 (bùchì) (literary)
• 似 (ci⁵) (Cantonese, Classical Chinese)
• 似乎 (sìhū)
• 似如 (si⁴ y²) (Xiang)
• 像 (xiàng)
• 像係／像系 (Hakka)
• 像是 (xiàngshì)
• 儼如／俨如 (yǎnrú) (literary)
• 儼然／俨然 (yǎnrán)
• 儼若／俨若 (yǎnruò) (literary)
• 勝如／胜如 (⁵sen-zy) (Wu)
• 好似 (hǎosì)
• 好像 (hǎoxiàng)
• 好比 (hǎobǐ)
• 宛 (Classical Chinese, or compounds only)
• 宛如 (wǎnrú) (literary)
• 宛然 (wǎnrán) (literary)
• 宛若 (wǎnruò) (literary)
• 就像 (jiùxiàng)
• 彷彿／仿佛 (fǎngfú)
• 忽如 (hūrú) (literary)
• 恍若 (huǎngruò)
• 敢若 (Hokkien)
• 敢若是 (Hokkien)
• 𣍐輸／𫧃输 (bē-su) (Hokkien)
• 有如 (yǒurú) (formal)
• 猶似／犹似 (yóusì) (literary)
• 猶像／犹像 (yóuxiàng) (literary)
• 猶如／犹如 (yóurú) (formal)
• 甲像 (Hokkien)
• 甲像是 (Hokkien)
• 甲親像／甲亲像 (Hokkien)
• 看上去 (kàn shàngqù)
• 看似 (kànsì)
• 看來／看来 (kànlái)
• 看樣子／看样子 (kànyàngzi)
• 看起來／看起来 (kànqilai)
• 若 (Classical Chinese, or compounds only)
• 若像 (Hokkien)
• 若親像／若亲像 (Hokkien)
• 表面上 (biǎomiànshang)
• 親像／亲像 (Hakka, Hokkien)
• 象 (xiàng)
• 貌似 (màosì)
• 賽可／赛可 (Ningbonese)
• 較像／较像 (Hokkien)
• 較像是／较像是 (Hokkien)
• 較親像／较亲像 (Hokkien)
• 顯得／显得 (xiǎnde)