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The character "倘" has a history as a grammatical function word, with its structure clearly indicating its original usage through the semantic component "人" (person) on the left, combined with the phonetic component "尚" on the right. Its early meanings were more interrogative or speculative, carrying a sense of "what if" or "perhaps", directly questioning a hypothetical situation involving a person. Over time, this sense of uncertainty solidified into its primary modern function as a conditional conjunction meaning "if" or "supposing", shedding its earlier more questioning tone to assume a more neutral role in setting up a premise upon which a subsequent statement depends. This shift represents a narrowing and specialization of its application within sentences, moving from a broader adverb of doubt to a specific introducer of clauses.
Example Sentences Hide
倘若你忙，就别来了。
倘若有问题，可以问我。
倘使你不来，会议会推迟。
倘若天气好，我们去公园散步。
倘或你有时间，我们一起学习。
倘若你早知如此，就不会后悔了。
倘没有你的支持，我很难完成。
倘若你考虑加入我们的团队，请尽快回复，以便我们进行下一步计划。