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似乎 sìhū

似乎 sìhū Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 5 English Translations of the word 似乎 sìhū .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
sìhū | si4 hu1
English translation
apparently
to seem
to appear
as if
seemingly

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Traditional form

似乎 sìhū

Part of speech

Adverb / 副词 fù cí Fù cí
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Etymology of 似乎 sìhū

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Type

ideographic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. rén represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Positional decomposition

亻以

Number of Strokes

6

Explanation

Depicts air flowing from breath. Based on the original meaning "exhale", now written as . The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Positional decomposition

丿 piě ⿻? ha

Number of Strokes

5

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Example sentences using 似乎 sìhū

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bǐng ān suān zài zhuǎn ān 作用 zuòyòng Zhōng 似乎 sìhū shì gēng hǎo de 氨基酸 ān jī suān .

Alanine appears to be the preferred amino acid in the transamination.

Lián 椰子树 dōu 似乎 sìhū biē 头昏脑胀 tóu hūn nǎo zhàng ,巴望 bā wàng 能舒上一口 yī kǒu .

Even the coconut trees seemed swollen and expectant.

似乎 sìhū 今天 jīntiān 下午 xiàwǔ yāo zhuǎn qíng .

It looks as if it were going to be fine this afternoon.

富兰 de 个性 gèxìng 似乎 sìhū le 变化 biànhuà .

Frank seemed to have undergone a change of personality.

这个 zhè ge 时候 shíhou ,托马 Xīn nuò 老头子 lǎo tóu zi 似乎 sìhū 忙得不开支 kāizhī , hěn shǎo péi 他们 tā men .

About this time Don Tommasino seemed to be preoccupied and poor company.

似乎 sìhū Decomposition

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似乎 sìhū Compounds

See all 23 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 似乎 sìhū in their composition.

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      • ào
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      • chén ,
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