如
rú HSK2

be like

如 rú
like verb
as; like; as if

人生的很多经历回想起来如梦一般。

rén​shēng de hěn​duō jīng​lì huí​xiǎng qi​lai rú mèng yī​bān.

Looking back, many experiences in life feel like a dream.

be like verb
used in comparison to indicate something is better or worse; often found in the pattern '与其 yǔ​qí...不如 bù​rú...' meaning 'it is better to... than...' or 'would rather... than...'

与其在那儿等，不如我们先走吧。

yǔ​qí zài nà​r děng, bù rú wǒ​men xiān zǒu ba.

Instead of waiting there, we might as well leave first.

such as verb
such as; for example

这里有很多水果，如苹果、香蕉等。

zhè​lǐ yǒu hěn​duō shuǐ​guǒ, rú píng​guǒ, xiāng​jiāo děng.

There are many fruits here, such as apples, bananas, and so on.

according to verb
as; according to what; following the way of

Frequency
Character
Written text
67th most common 2320.6 per million
Movie subtitles
73rd most common 2414.6 per million appears in 100% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
171.3 per million appears in 49% of films
Written text
440.0 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Strokes
6
Unicode
U+5982

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)