貌似

Chinese

		appearance	to seem; to appear; similar to seem; to appear; similar; like; to resemble
trad. (貌似)		貌	似
simp. ^#(貌似)		貌	似

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): màosì

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˋ ㄙˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maau⁶ ci⁵
Min Nan (POJ): bāu-sǐr / māu-sū

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: màosì
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˋ ㄙˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: màosìh
  - Wade–Giles: mao⁴-ssŭ⁴
  - Yale: màu-sz̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mawsyh
  - Palladius: маосы (maosy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ sz̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: maau⁶ ci⁵
  - Yale: maauh chíh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maau⁶ tsi⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: mao⁶ qi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːu̯²² t͡sʰiː¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bāu-sǐr
  - Tâi-lô: bāu-sǐr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bau⁴¹⁻²² sɯ²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: māu-sū
  - Tâi-lô: māu-sū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mauxsu
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /mãu²²⁻²¹ su²²/

Verb

貌似

to appear to be; to seem as if

Adverb

貌似

seemingly; in appearance; looking like; apparently

Usage notes

貌似 (màosì) is often used when that which is being referred to may not be what it seems.

Synonyms

Synonyms of 貌似

不啻 (bùchì) (literary)
似 (sì) (Classical Chinese, Cantonese)
似乎 (sìhū)
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)
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)

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