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HSK 3 Connectors & compound sentences

如果 … 就 …

If… then… (如果…就…)

Structure 如果 + condition,(就) + result

如果 (rúguǒ, "if") opens the condition and 就 (jiù, "then") opens the result, inside the second clause: 如果明天下雨,我就不去 = "if it rains tomorrow, I won’t go". 就 goes after the subject of the consequence. Colloquially, 如果 can be 要是. Sometimes 的话 is added at the end of the condition.

Examples

  • 如rú果guǒ明míng天tiān下xià雨yǔ,我wǒ就jiù不bù去qù。

    If it rains tomorrow, I won’t go.

  • 如rú果guǒ你nǐ累lèi了le,就jiù休xiū息xi一yī下xià。

    If you’re tired, take a rest.

  • 如rú果guǒ有yǒu问wèn题tí,就jiù问wèn老lǎo师shī。

    If you have questions, ask the teacher.

Levels are indicative: they follow the standard Chinese Grammar Wiki (AllSet Learning) progression, not an official HSK 3.0 mapping. We never assign levels by eye.

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