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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
sì | si4
English translation
to seem
to appear
to resemble
similar
-like
pseudo-
(more) than
old variant of [sì]
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shì | shi4
English translation
resembling, similar to; as if, to seem

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

Contains the radical

rén

Part of speech

Adverb / 副词 fù cí Fù cí

Learning hint

One person  rén resembles another

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

亻以

Explanation

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

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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.

狂风 kuáng fēng 仿 fǎng yāo chuán 撕成碎片 suì piàn 似的 shìde .

The ferocious winds seemed about to tear the ship to pieces.

yǒu de Huán shì 花骨朵 huā gǔ duo ér , kān 起来 qǐlai 饱胀马上 mǎshàng yāo 破裂 pò liè 似的 shìde .

Some or bud, satiety may look like an immediate rupture.

qiáo zhè 样子 yàngzi 好像 hǎoxiàng yǒu 什么 shénme 重大 zhòngdà 发现 fāxiàn 似的 shìde .

You're acting as if you struck oil.

yāo shuì 那么 nà me , 露西 Lù xī ,说话 shuōhuà xiàng 连珠炮 lián zhū pào 似的 shìde , yǐn dǒng .

Don't gabble, Lucy, I can't understand when you run your words together.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
似乎 sìhū apparently似乎 sìhū
似的 shìde seems as if似的 shìde
类似 lèisì similar類似
to seem
相似 xiāngsì to resemble相似 xiāngsì
貌似 mào sì to appear to be貌似 mào sì
好似 hǎo sì to seem好似 hǎo sì
近似 jìn sì similar近似 jìn sì
似曾相识 sì céng xiāng shí seemingly familiar似曾相識
看似 kàn sì to seem看似 kàn sì
疑似 yí sì deceptive疑似 yí sì
酷似 kù sì to strikingly resemble酷似 kù sì
神似 shén sì similar in expression and spirit神似 shén sì
形似 xíng sì similar in shape and appearance形似 xíng sì
相似性 xiāng sì xìng resemblance相似性 xiāng sì xìng
似是而非 sì shì ér fēi apparently right but actually wrong; specious (idiom)似是而非 sì shì ér fēi
如饥似渴 rú jī sì kě to long for sth如飢似渴
恰似 qià sì just like恰似 qià sì
柔情似水 róu qíng sì shuǐ tender and soft as water柔情似水 róu qíng sì shuǐ
似笑非笑 sì xiào fēi xiào like a smile yet not a smile (idiom)似笑非笑 sì xiào fēi xiào
胜似 shèng sì to surpass勝似
如狼似虎 rú láng sì hǔ ruthless如狼似虎 rú láng sì hǔ
如花似玉 rú huā sì yù (of a woman) exquisite如花似玉 rú huā sì yù
似懂非懂 sì dǒng fēi dǒng to not really understand似懂非懂 sì dǒng fēi dǒng

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