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

(Teochew, Peng'im): se⁶ hu¹

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/
Min Nan
- (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): /ɕi²²⁻²¹ hɔ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: se⁶ hu¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sṳ̆ hu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɯ³⁵⁻¹¹ hu³³/

Adverb

似乎

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

Synonyms of 似乎

不啻 (bùchì) (literary)
似 (sì) (Classical Chinese, Cantonese)
似如 (Xiang)
像 (xiàng)
像是 (xiàngshì)
好似 (hǎosì)
好像 (hǎoxiàng)
好比 (hǎobǐ)
如同 (rútóng)
宛 (wǎn) (Classical Chinese, or compounds only)
宛如 (wǎnrú) (literary)
宛然 (wǎnrán) (literary)
宛若 (wǎnruò) (literary)
就像 (jiùxiàng)
忽如 (hūrú) (literary)
恍若 (huǎngruò)
敢若 (Min Nan)
敢若是 (Min Nan)
有如 (yǒurú) (formal)
甲像 (Min Nan)
甲像是 (Min Nan)
看上去 (kàn shàngqù)
看似 (kànsì)
若 (ruò) (Classical Chinese, or compounds only)
若像 (Min Nan)

表面上 (biǎomiànshang)
象 (xiàng)
貌似 (màosì)
像係／像系 (Hakka)
儼如／俨如 (yǎnrú) (literary)
儼然／俨然 (yǎnrán)
儼若／俨若 (yǎnruò) (literary)
勝如／胜如 (Wu)
彷彿／仿佛 (fǎngfú)
猶似／犹似 (yóusì) (literary)
猶像／犹像 (yóuxiàng) (literary)
猶如／犹如 (yóurú) (formal)
甲親像／甲亲像 (Min Nan)
看來／看来 (kànlái)
看樣子／看样子 (kànyàngzi)
看起來／看起来 (kànqilai)
若親像／若亲像 (Min Nan)
親像／亲像 (Hakka, Min Nan)
賽可／赛可 (Ningbo)
較像／较像 (Min Nan)
較像是／较像是 (Min Nan)
較親像／较亲像 (Min Nan)
顯得／显得 (xiǎnde)
𣍐輸／𫧃输 (bē-su) (Min Nan)

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
Cantonese	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
Min Nan	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

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