似乎

Chinese

		to seem; to appear; similar to seem; to appear; similar; like; to resemble	(interrog. part.)
trad. (似乎)		似	乎
simp. #(似乎)		似	乎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sìhū

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄏㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci⁵ fu⁴

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sǐr-ho͘ / sū-ho͘ / sī-ho͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): se⁶ hu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sìhū → sìhu (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄏㄨ → ㄙˋ ˙ㄏㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìhhů
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴-hu⁵
    • Yale: sz̀-hu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syh.hu
    • Palladius: сыху (syxu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹ xu⁵⁵/ → /sz̩⁵¹ xu¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci⁵ fu⁴
    • Yale: chíh fùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi⁵ fu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi⁵ fu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː¹³ fuː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sǐr-ho͘
    • Tâi-lô: sǐr-hoo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ²² hɔ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-ho͘
    • Tâi-lô: sū-hoo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suxhof
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su²²⁻²¹ hɔ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sī-ho͘
    • Tâi-lô: sī-hoo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sixhof
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si²²⁻²¹ hɔ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: se⁶ hu¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sṳ̆ hu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɯ³⁵⁻¹¹ hu³³/

Adverb

似乎

1. as if; seemingly

   她似乎滿足於做大款的玩物。 [MSC, trad.]
   她似乎满足于做大款的玩物。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā sìhū mǎnzú yú zuò dàkuǎn de wánwù. [Pinyin]

   She seems content with her life as a rich man's plaything.

Synonyms

• 不啻 (bùchì) (literary)
• 似 (ci⁵) (Cantonese, Classical Chinese)
• 似如 (si⁴ y²) (Xiang)
• 像 (xiàng)
• 像係／像系 (Hakka)
• 像是 (xiàngshì)
• 儼如／俨如 (yǎnrú) (literary)
• 儼然／俨然 (yǎnrán)
• 儼若／俨若 (yǎnruò) (literary)
• 勝如／胜如 (⁵sen-zy) (Wu)
• 好似 (hǎosì)
• 好像 (hǎoxiàng)
• 如同 (rútóng)
• 好比 (hǎobǐ)
• 宛 (Classical Chinese, or compounds only)
• 宛如 (wǎnrú) (literary)
• 宛然 (wǎnrán) (literary)
• 宛若 (wǎnruò) (literary)
• 就像 (jiùxiàng)
• 彷彿／仿佛 (fǎngfú)
• 忽如 (hūrú) (literary)
• 恍若 (huǎngruò)
• 敢若 (Hokkien)
• 敢若是 (Hokkien)
• 𣍐輸／𫧃输 (bē-su) (Hokkien)
• 有如 (yǒurú) (formal)
• 猶似／犹似 (yóusì) (literary)
• 猶像／犹像 (yóuxiàng) (literary)
• 猶如／犹如 (yóurú) (formal)
• 甲像 (Hokkien)
• 甲像是 (Hokkien)
• 甲親像／甲亲像 (Hokkien)
• 看上去 (kàn shàngqù)
• 看似 (kànsì)
• 看來／看来 (kànlái)
• 看樣子／看样子 (kànyàngzi)
• 看起來／看起来 (kànqilai)
• 若 (Classical Chinese, or compounds only)
• 若像 (Hokkien)
• 若親像／若亲像 (Hokkien)
• 表面上 (biǎomiànshang)
• 親像／亲像 (Hakka, Hokkien)
• 象 (xiàng)
• 貌似 (màosì)
• 賽可／赛可 (Ningbonese)
• 較像／较像 (Hokkien)
• 較像是／较像是 (Hokkien)
• 較親像／较亲像 (Hokkien)
• 顯得／显得 (xiǎnde)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 好像 (“to seem like; to be as if”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		好像, 似乎, 彷彿
Mandarin	Taiwan	好像
	Malaysia	好像
	Singapore	好像
Cantonese	Hong Kong	好似
	Singapore (Guangfu)	好似
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	親像
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	親像
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	親像
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	親像
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	親像
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	親像
Southern Min	Xiamen	敢若, 敢若是, 親像
	Quanzhou	敢若, 敢若是, 親像
	Zhangzhou	親像
	Tainan	敢若
	Singapore (Hokkien)	敢若, 敢若是, 親像
	Manila (Hokkien)	較若像, 敢若像, 較若, 敢若, 敢若是, 親像, 若像, 較像