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

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

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)
恰像 (Hokkien)
恍若 (huǎngruò)
恰親像 / 恰亲像 (Hokkien)
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)