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title: "如果/要是…就… in Chinese Grammar: If …, then …, With Examples"
description: "如果/要是…就…: if …, then …. States a condition and what follows from it. 4 real lines from stories, each word explained."
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# 如果/要是…就…

If …, then …

States a condition and what follows from it.

## In stories

他拜了拜，说：“**如果他真的是我的徒弟，就让我拿下这张纸**。”

[救出悟空 · Freed from the Mountain](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/freed-from-the-mountain-journey-to-the-west-easy-chinese-10#library-word-330-349) HSK 3

**要是我们去不了西天，我就回来做你的女婿**！”

[猪八戒 · Pigsy Joins](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/pigsy-joins-journey-to-the-west-easy-chinese-15#library-word-776-795) HSK 3

**如果还是找不到，就让一个人留在原地**：“你留在咖啡店，别动，我过来找你。”

[我们都到了却没见面 · Same Place Different Door](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/same-place-different-door#library-word-317-334) HSK 3

你站到我的右手上，**如果你能跳出我的手心，天宫就给你**。

[五行山下 · Under the Five-Element Mountain](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/under-the-five-element-mountain-journey-to-the-west-easy-chinese-8#library-word-160-176) HSK 3

[Read 救出悟空](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/freed-from-the-mountain-journey-to-the-west-easy-chinese-10#library-word-330-349)

## More patterns

- [是…的 (emphasis) it was … that (stresses when, where, how or who)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/shi-de)
- [一…就… as soon as …, …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/yi-jiu)
- [一…，…就… as soon as …, …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/yi-comma-jiu)
- [于是 so; and so; thereupon](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/yushi)
- [快(要)…了 about to …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/kuai-le)
- [不是…吗 (rhetorical) isn’t it (the case) that …? — often rhetorical (surprise or objection)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/bushi-ma)

## What does 如果/要是…就… mean in Chinese?

If …, then …. States a condition and what follows from it.

## How common is 如果/要是…就…?

It comes up in 23 readings of the 392 stories and articles in our free Library.

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Patterns found by our own parser; lines from our free Library.