Meaning
to seem; to appear; similar; like; to resemble
Chinese: 好像、相似。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “si” becomes a different word in each tone. 似 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 类似lèi sìsimilar; analogous
- 相似xiāng sìsimilar; alike
- 似乎sì hūit seems; seemingly; as if
- 似的shì deseems as if; rather like; Taiwan pr.
- 看似kàn sìto look as if; to seem
Example Sentence
这两幅画看起来很相似。Zhè liǎng fú huà kàn qǐ lái hěn xiāng sì.These two paintings look very similar.
这Zhèthis两liǎngtwo幅fúwidth画huàto draw看kànto look after起来qǐ láito stand up很hěnvery相似xiāng sìsimilar。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
The person radical 亻 plus 以 (sound): read sì: ‘to resemble, be like; to seem, appear; (more …) than’ (相似, 似乎, 类似); in 似的 read shì: ‘like, as if’ (雪似的).
A way to remember it
sì = to resemble / to seem (似乎); shì = in 似的 (like).