phonetic map : 如 ru
goulnik
December 08, 2008, 03:31 PM posted in General Discussion| ru | ||
| 茹 rú to eat 茹素 rúsù to be a vegetarian 茹痛 rútòng to suffer; endure |
如 rú to be like; measure up to / such as; like 不如 bùrú be inferior to / it would be better to 例如 lìrú for example; such as 如此 rúcǐ like this |
洳 rù . 渐洳 jiànrù to soak |
| 铷 rú rubium |
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| shu | ||
| 恕 shù to pardon; excuse / forbearance 容恕 róngshù to forgive 恕道 shùdào doctrine of forgiveness |
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changye
December 09, 2008, 02:31 AM"女" (nv) and "如" (ru) had a similar pronunciation, but not the same, in ancient times, which consequently caused a big difference in modern sound.
Interestingly, both of them are transcribed as the same sound, "nyo", in Japanese, because the number of kinds of sounds was not enough to distinguish them in ancient Japanese. Japanese pronunciation system is more simple than that of Chinese.