若是 ruòshì if Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents ruòshì if 若 ruò conjunction if if; in the event that; provided that是 shì verb to be to be; to correspond to; connects a subject to its identification, characterization, or identityruòshì like this 若 ruò numeral so (archaic) so; such; in this way是 shì conjunction this (literary) this; that; such; used as a demonstrative to refer back to what was just mentioned