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Jyutping zing3 jyu4
Pinyin zhèng rú

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. just as
  2. precisely as
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 連詞
    就​好似​;​同​某樣​嘢​一樣
    just as; exactly; equally
    • 正如你所講,讀書唔係淨係為咗考試合格嘅。
      正如你所讲,读书唔系净系为咗考试合格嘅。
      zing3 jyu4 nei5 so2 gong2, duk6 syu1 m4 hai6 zing3 hai6 wai6 zo2 haau2 si5 hap6 gaak3 ge3.
      Just as you said, studying is not merely for passing the examinations.
    • 事情嘅發展正如我所料。
      事情嘅发展正如我所料。
      si6 cing4 ge3 faat3 zin2 zing3 jyu4 ngo5 so2 liu6.
      Things turned out just as I expected.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to be just like; to be just as
    (syn.) 拄像, 正像, 直似, 拄亲像, 恰如, 拄親像, 恰似
    • 因為那進入安息的,乃是歇了自己的工,正如神歇了他的工一樣。
      因为那进入安息的,乃是歇了自己的工,正如神歇了他的工一样。
      yīn wèi nà jìn rù ān xī de , nǎi shì xiē le zì jǐ de gōng , zhèng rú shén xiē le tā de gōng yī yàng .
      For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 五级词汇表 #993
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    正如身体需要锻炼,所以心灵需要刺激才能保持健康。
    正如身體需要鍛煉,所以心靈需要刺激才能保持健康。
    zhèng rú shēn tǐ xū yào duàn liàn , suǒ yǐ xīn líng xū yào cì jī cái néng bǎo chí jiàn kāng 。
    • Just as the body needs exercise, so the mind needs stimulation to stay healthy.
  2. Mandarin
    正如我爱她,所以她爱我。
    正如我愛她,所以她愛我。
    zhèng rú wǒ ài tā , suǒ yǐ tā ài wǒ 。
    • As I love her, so she loved me.
  3. Mandarin
    这正如我想的一样。
    這正如我想的一樣。
    zhè zhèng rú wǒ xiǎng de yī yàng 。
    • It was just as I thought.
  4. Mandarin
    没有经过仔细审视的观念是不值得拥有的,正如没有经过仔细审视的生活不值得过一样。
    沒有經過仔細審視的觀念是不值得擁有的,正如沒有經過仔細審視的生活不值得過一樣。
    méi yǒu jīng guò zǐ xì shěn shì de guān niàn shì bù zhí de yōng yǒu de , zhèng rú méi yǒu jīng guò zǐ xì shěn shì de shēng huó bù zhí de guò yī yàng 。
    • An idea not properly analyzed is not worth exploiting, just as a life without self-judgment is not worth living.
  5. Mandarin
    奥运会最重要的不是胜利,而是参与;正如在生活中最重要的事情不是成功,而是奋斗;但最本质的事情并不是征服,而是奋力拼搏。
    奧運會最重要的不是勝利,而是參與;正如在生活中最重要的事情不是成功,而是奮鬥;但最本質的事情並不是征服,而是奮力拼搏。
    ào yùn huì zuì zhòng yào de bú shi shèng lì , ér shì cān yù ; zhèng rú zài shēng huó zhōng zuì zhòng yào de shì qing bú shi chéng gōng , ér shì fèn dòu ; dàn zuì běn zhì de shì qing bìng bù shì zhēng fú , ér shì fèn lì pīn bó 。
    • The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
  1. Cantonese
    正如我哋需要新鲜空气,鱼都需要干净嘅水。
    正如我哋需要新鮮空氣,魚都需要乾淨嘅水。
    zing3 jyu4 ngo5 dei2 seoi1 jiu3 san1 sin1 hung1 hei3 , jyu4 dou1 seoi1 jiu3 gon1 zeng6 ge3 seoi2 。
    • As we need fresh air, so fish need clean water.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    正如我伯爷话事偈,牛唔饮水唔揿得牛头低。
    正如我伯爺話事偈,牛唔飲水唔撳得牛頭低。
    zing3 jyu4 ngo5 baak3 je1 waa6 si6 gai2, ngau4 m4 jam2 seoi2 m4 gam6 dak1 ngau4 tau4 dai1.
    • As the saying my father quotes goes, if someone is unwilling to do something, it is not possible to force them.
  2. Cantonese
    三年前你地鞭挞梁天琦,正如今日你地鞭挞临时政府。
    三年前你地鞭撻梁天琦,正如今日你地鞭撻臨時政府。
    saam1 nin4 cin4 nei5 dei6 bin1 taat3 loeng4 tin1 kei4, zing3 jyu4 gam1 jat6 nei5 dei6 bin1 taat3 lam4 si4 zing3 fu2.
    • The way you criticized Leung Tin-kei three years ago is exactly the same way you're criticizing the provisional government now.
  3. Cantonese
    正如你所讲,读书唔系净系为咗考试合格嘅。
    正如你所講,讀書唔係淨係為咗考試合格嘅。
    zing3 jyu4 nei5 so2 gong2, duk6 syu1 m4 hai6 zing3 hai6 wai6 zo2 haau2 si5 hap6 gaak3 ge3.
    • Just as you said, studying is not merely for passing the examinations.
  4. Cantonese
    事情嘅发展正如我所料。
    事情嘅發展正如我所料。
    si6 cing4 ge3 faat3 zin2 zing3 jyu4 ngo5 so2 liu6.
    • Things turned out just as I expected.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    正如你刚才说的。
    正如你剛才說的。
    zhèng rú nǐ gāng cái shuō de .
    • Precisely as you have said just now
  2. Mandarin
    以色列啊,你要听,要谨守遵行,使你可以在那流奶与蜜之地得以享福,人数极其增多,正如耶和华——你列祖的神所应许你的。
    以色列啊,你要聽,要謹守遵行,使你可以在那流奶與蜜之地得以享福,人數極其增多,正如耶和華——你列祖的神所應許你的。
    yǐ sè liè a , nǐ yào tīng , yào jǐn shǒu zūn xíng , shǐ nǐ kě yǐ zài nà liú nǎi yǔ mì zhī dì dé yǐ xiǎng fú , rén shù jí qí zēng duō , zhèng rú yē hé huá — nǐ liè zǔ de shén suǒ yīng xǔ nǐ de .
    • Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey.
  3. Mandarin
    这正如地上的路;其实地上本没有路,走的人多了,也便成了路。
    這正如地上的路;其實地上本沒有路,走的人多了,也便成了路。
    zhè zhèng rú dì shàng de lù ; qí shí dì shàng běn méi yǒu lù , zǒu de rén duō le , yě biàn chéng le lù .
    • It is just like roads across the earth. For actually the earth had no roads to begin with, but when many men pass one way, a road is made.
  4. Mandarin
    也要凭爱心行事,正如基督爱我们,为我们舍了自己,当作馨香的供物和祭物,献与神。
    也要憑愛心行事,正如基督愛我們,為我們舍了自己,當作馨香的供物和祭物,獻與神。
    yě yào píng ài xīn xíng shì , zhèng rú jī dū ài wǒ men , wèi wǒ men shě le zì jǐ , dàng zuò xīn xiāng de gòng wù hé jì wù , xiàn yǔ shén .
    • And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
  5. Mandarin
    他们的长处,正如斯大林说过的,是对于新鲜事物有锐敏的感觉,因而有高度的热情和积极性,而在这一点上,有些老干部则正是缺乏的。
    他們的長處,正如斯大林説過的,是對於新鮮事物有鋭敏的感覺,因而有高度的熱情和積極性,而在這一點上,有些老幹部則正是缺乏的。
    tā men de cháng chù , zhèng rú sī dà lín shuō guò de , shì duì yú xīn xiān shì wù yǒu ruì mǐn de gǎn jué , yī né r5 yǒu gāo dù de rè qíng hé jī jí xìng , ér zài zhè yī diǎn shàng , yǒu xiē lǎo gàn bù zé zhèng shì quē fá de .
    • The strong point of the new cadres, as Stalin has said, is that they are acutely sensitive to what is new and are therefore enthusiastic and active to a high degree—the very qualities which some of the old cadres lack.