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yào to want; to need; to ask for / will; shall; about to / need to; should / if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]) / (bound form) important
jiù (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then / (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after / (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly / only; as little as / as much as; as many as / to approach; to move towards / to undertake; to engage in / (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of / (of food) to go with / with regard to; concerning / (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ...
如果 guǒ if / in case / in the event that
xiàng to resemble / to be like / to look as if / such as / appearance / image / portrait / image under a mapping (math.)
好像 hǎo xiàng as if / to seem like
jiǎ fake / false / artificial / to borrow / if / suppose
只要 zhǐ yào if only / so long as
的话 de huà if (coming after a conditional clause)
bèi quilt / to cover (with) / (literary) to suffer (a misfortune) / used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu:3 you2] to "go on a trip", for example)
只有 zhǐ yǒu only have ... / there is only ... / (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy") / it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement") / (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in")
就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely / only; simply; just / (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if
要是 yào shi (coll.) if
果然 guǒ rán really / sure enough / as expected / if indeed
从来 cóng lái always / at all times / never (if used in negative sentence)
看起来 kàn lai seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be
是否 shì fǒu whether (or not) / if / is or isn't
假如 jiǎ if
似乎 it seems; seemingly; as if
否则 fǒu otherwise; if not; or (else)
不然 rán not so / no / or else / otherwise / if not / How about ...?
似的 shì de seems as if / rather like / Taiwan pr. [si4 de5]
万一 wàn just in case / if by any chance / contingency
哪怕 even / even if / even though / no matter how
即使 shǐ even if; even though
除非 chú fēi only if (..., or otherwise, ...) / only when / only in the case that / unless


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