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似

sì

HSK 5 Character

What 似 means

1. to seem
2. to appear
3. to resemble
4. similar
5. -like
6. pseudo-
7. (more) than

Other readings

似 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• shìused in {似的|shì de}
• sìold variant of {似|sì}

Example sentences

• 我们很相似。
  We are cut from the same cloth.
• 似乎很便宜。
  It seemed to be cheap.
• 你似乎错了。
  It would appear that you're wrong.
• 它似乎很有趣。
  It seems very interesting.
• 她看似不同意。
  She doesn't seem to agree.
• 他似乎知道真相。
  It seems that he knows the truth.

Words starting with 似

• 似乎sì hūit seems; seemingly; as if
• 似的shì deseems as if; rather like; Taiwan pr. sì de
• 似地shì de(used to form an adverbial phrase X + 似地; Taiwan pr. sì de
• 似曾相识sì céng xiāng shídéjà vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time)…
• 似笑非笑sì xiào fēi xiàolike a smile yet not a smile (idiom)
• 似是而非sì shì ér fēiapparently right but actually wrong; specious (idiom)
• 似懂非懂sì dǒng fēi dǒngto not really understand; to half-understand
• 似核sì hénucleoid (of prokaryotic cell)
• 似水年华sì shuǐ nián huáfleeting years (idiom)
• 似雪sì xuěsnowy
• 似鲴sì gùXenocyprioides, genus of cyprinid fish endemic to China

Words containing 似

• 相似xiāng sìsimilar; alike
• 类似lèi sìsimilar; analogous
• 看似kàn sìto look as if; to seem
• 好似hǎo sìto seem; to be like
• 貌似mào sìto appear to be; to seem as if
• 近似jìn sìto approximate; to be similar
• 酷似kù sìto strikingly resemble
• 疑似yí sìto be suspected to be
• 恰似qià sìjust like; exactly like
• 形似xíng sìsimilar in shape and appearance
• 神似shén sìsimilar in expression and spirit; to bear a remarkable resemblance to
• 如饥似渴rú jī sì kěto hunger for sth (idiom); eagerly; to long for sth
• 胜似shèng sìto surpass; better than; superior to
• 如花似玉rú huā sì yùdelicate as a flower, refined as a precious jade (idiom); (of a woman) exquisite
• 柔情似水róu qíng sì shuǐtender and soft as water; deeply attached to sb
• 相似性xiāng sì xìngresemblance; similarity
• 强似qiáng sìto be better than
• 模似mó sìto simulate; to emulate
• 无似wú sìextremely; unworthy (self-deprecatory term)
• 近似解jìn sì jiěapproximate solution
• 类似点lèi sì diǎnresemblance
• 最大似然估计zuì dà sì rán gū jìmaximum-likelihood estimation (statistics)
• 飞也似的fēi yě shì delit. as if flying; very fast
• 相似词xiāng sì císynonym

Characters built on 以

These share the phonetic component 以 (yǐ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 拟nǐdoubtful; suspicious; variant of 拟
• 苡yǐused in 芣苡; see 薏苡
• 姒sìwife or senior concubine of husbands older brother (old); elder sister (old)

Characters that look like 似

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 估gūto estimate
• 纽niǔto turn; to wrench; button
• 妞niūgirl
• 韧rènannealed; pliable but strong; tough
• 佃diànto rent farmland from a landlord
• 纭yúnconfused; numerous

Sounds the same

Read sì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 四four; 4
• 寺Buddhist temple; mosque; government office (old)
• 肆four (banker's anti-fraud numeral); unrestrained; wanton
• 饲to raise; to rear; to feed
• 巳6th earthly branch: 9-11 a.m., 4th solar month (5th May-5th June), year of the Snake…
• 嗣succession (to a title); to inherit; continuing (a tradition)
• 食to feed (a person or animal)
• 伺to watch; to wait; to examine
• 祀to sacrifice; to offer libation to
• 泗nasal mucus
• 厕used in 茅厕
• 姒wife or senior concubine of husbands older brother (old); elder sister (old)