似

shì

HSK 33 readings

“To seem” in Chinese is 似 (shì).

Other characters with the syllable shi: see all 42 →

Meaning

to seem
to appear
to resemble

Show 6 more meanings

similar
-like
pseudo-
(more) than
used in 似的[shi4 de5]
old variant of 似[si4]

Example

汤姆也表示了相似观点。

Tom has expressed similar ideas.

From 相似 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Readings

shìused in 似的
sìto seem / to appear / to resemble / similar / -like / pseudo- / (more) than / old variant of 似

Stroke Order

6 strokes

Words containing 似

类似lèisìsimilar; analogousHSK 3 相似xiāngsìsimilar; alikeHSK 3 似的shìdeseems as ifHSK 4 似乎sìhūit seems; seemingly; as ifHSK 4 好似hǎosìto seemHSK 6 看似kànsìto look as if; to seemHSK 7-9 酷似kùsìto strikingly resembleHSK 7-9 似曾相识sìcéng-xiāngshídéjà vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time)HSK 7-9

More HSK 3 characters

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