似
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Han character
似 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+4 in Chinese, 人+5 in Japanese, 6 strokes in Chinese, 7 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 人女戈人 (OVIO), four-corner 28200, composition ⿰亻以)
Derived characters
- 𠳎, 娰, 𬠊, 𩛮, 𠏳, 𫣵, 𫈄
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 97, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 485
- Dae Jaweon: page 205, character 16
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 127, character 2
- Unihan data for U+4F3C
Glyph origin
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 b12336  b12337  b12338  b12339  b12340  b12341  b12342  b12343  b12344  b12345  b12346  b12347  b12348  b12349  b12350  b12351  s05799 Transcribed ancient scripts  L34166  L13771 |
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References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ljɯʔ) : semantic 亻 (“human”) + phonetic 以 (OC *lɯʔ).
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Eastern Min (BUC): sê̤ṳ
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄙˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sìh
- Wade–Giles: ssŭ4
- Yale: sz̀
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syh
- Palladius: сы (sy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /sz̩⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: ci5
- Yale: chíh
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsi5
- Guangdong Romanization: qi5
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰiː¹³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: ti4 / lhu4
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰi²¹/, /ɬu²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Note:
- ti4 - vernacular;
- lhu4 - literary.
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: sê̤ṳ
- Sinological IPA (key): /søy²⁴²/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sǐr
- Tâi-lô: sǐr
- IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū
- Tâi-lô: sū
- Phofsit Daibuun: su
- IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /su³³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /su²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sī
- Tâi-lô: sī
- Phofsit Daibuun: si
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /si²²/
- sāi - vernacular;
- sǐr/sū/sī - literary.
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: se6
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sṳ̆
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɯ³⁵/
- (Teochew)
Note:
- Middle Chinese: ziX
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*sə.ləʔ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*ljɯʔ/
Definitions
似
- to be like; to be similar to; to resemble
- Used in conjunction with another adjective in a comparison that the first object/person is in a better position than the second.
- as if; it seems that...
- 似乎 ― sìhū ― as if
- † to give; to present
- † Alternative form of 嗣 (sì, “to inherit”)
- † Alternative form of 以 (yǐ)
Synonyms
- (to be like):
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 似 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 像 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 像 |
| Malaysia | 像 | |
| Singapore | 像 | |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 像 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 像 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 像 |
| Wuhan | 像 | |
| Guilin | 像 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 似 |
| Hong Kong | 似 | |
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 似 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 似 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 像 |
| Lichuan | 像 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 像 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 像 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 像 |
| Taipei | 像 | |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) | 像 | |
| Kaohsiung | 像 | |
| Yilan | 像 | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | 像 | |
| Taichung | 像 | |
| Tainan | 像 | |
| Hsinchu | 像 | |
| Kinmen | 像 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | 像 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 𫝛, macam | |
| Chaozhou | 然 | |
| Shantou | 然 | |
| Jieyang | 然 | |
| Puning | 肖 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 然, macam | |
| Batam (Teochew) | 然, macam | |
| Haikou | 像 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 像 |
| Wu | Danyang | 像 |
| Ningbo | 像, 像人家, 像家 | |
- (as if):
- 不啻 (bùchì) (literary)
- 似乎 (sìhū)
- 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)
Compounds
- 一似 (yīsì)
- 不似
- 不差似
- 不弱似
- 也似
- 了似
- 亞似 / 亚似
- 令似
- 似乎 (sìhū)
- 何似
- 似如
- 似懂非懂 (sìdǒngfēidǒng)
- 似是而非 (sìshì'érfēi)
- 似曾相識 / 似曾相识 (sìcéngxiāngshí)
- 似有如無 / 似有如无
- 似水如魚 / 似水如鱼
- 似漆如膠 / 似漆如胶
- 似玉如花
- 似箭如梭
- 似續 / 似续
- 似若
- 似許 / 似许
- 似醉如痴
- 似類 / 似类
- 侯門似海 / 侯门似海
- 假似
- 像似
- 儗似 / 拟似
- 儔似 / 俦似
- 光陰似水 / 光阴似水
- 光陰似箭 / 光阴似箭 (guāngyīn sì jiàn)
- 切似
- 分似
- 前程似錦 / 前程似锦 (qiánchéngsìjǐn)
- 前途似錦 / 前途似锦
- 勝似 / 胜似 (shèngsì)
- 匹似
- 匹似閑 / 匹似闲
- 反不似
- 口似懸河 / 口似悬河
- 呆似木雞 / 呆似木鸡
- 大似
- 大奸似忠
- 大姦似忠 / 大奸似忠
- 奚似
- 好似 (hǎosì)
- 好便似
- 如夢似幻 / 如梦似幻
- 如幻似真
- 如狼似虎 (rúlángsìhǔ)
- 如珠似玉
- 如痴似醉
- 如癡似醉 / 如痴似醉
- 如膠似漆 / 如胶似漆 (rújiāosìqī)
- 如花似月
- 如花似朵
- 如花似玉
- 如花似錦 / 如花似锦
- 好語似珠 / 好语似珠
- 如飢似渴 / 如饥似渴 (rújīsìkě)
- 如饑似渴 / 如饥似渴
- 如魚似水 / 如鱼似水
- 如龍似虎 / 如龙似虎
- 宛似
- 客似雲來 / 客似云来 (kèsìyúnlái)
- 寄似
- 寫似 / 写似
- 強似 / 强似 (qiángsì)
- 强似 (qiángsì)
- 形似 (xíngsì)
- 影似
- 得似
- 忽似
- 怪似
- 恰似 (qiàsì)
- 恰便似
- 悄似
- 情深似海
- 想似
- 意似
- 意意似似
- 手寫辨似 / 手写辨似
- 把似
- 指似
- 撥風也似 / 拨风也似
- 文似其人
- 春深似海
- 暴雷也似
- 有似
- 有紅似白 / 有红似白
- 欲似
- 歸心似箭 / 归心似箭 (guīxīnsìjiàn)
- 比似
- 活似
- 活似真的
- 渾一似 / 浑一似
- 渾不似 / 浑不似
- 渾似 / 浑似
- 潑天也似 / 泼天也似
- 無似 / 无似
- 煞強似 / 煞强似
- 熟似 (se̍k-sāi) (Min Nan)
- 熟似人 (se̍k-sāi-lâng) (Min Nan)
- 爭似 / 争似
- 疋似
- 疑似 (yísì)
- 目似明星
- 目似點漆 / 目似点漆
- 直似 (zhísì)
- 相似 (xiāngsì)
- 相似形 (xiāngsìxíng)
- 眉似春山
- 相似詞 / 相似词 (xiāngsìcí)
- 真似
- 神似 (shénsì)
- 索強似 / 索强似
- 肖似
- 脫似 / 脱似
- 脣似抹硃 / 唇似抹朱
- 舉似 / 举似
- 計似 / 计似
- 譬似
- 譬似閑 / 譬似闲
- 象似
- 貌似 (màosì)
- 賽似 / 赛似
- 辨似
- 近似 (jìnsì)
- 近似值 (jìnsìzhí)
- 送似
- 逼似
- 酷似 (kùsì)
- 雅似
- 韶光似箭
- 類似 / 类似 (lèisì)
Pronunciation 2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shìh
- Wade–Giles: shih4
- Yale: shr̀
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyh
- Palladius: ши (ši)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄙˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sìh
- Wade–Giles: ssŭ4
- Yale: sz̀
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syh
- Palladius: сы (sy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /sz̩⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)+
Definitions
似
- Only used in 似的 (shìde, “like”).
Compounds
- 似的 (shìde)
- 有鬼似的
- 木頭似的 / 木头似的
- 沒命似的 / 没命似的
- 猴子似的
- 箭也似的
- 蠶兒似的 / 蚕儿似的
- 飛也似的 / 飞也似的
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Kanji
似
Readings
Hanja
似 (eum 사 (sa))
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Han character
似: Hán Nôm readings: tự, tợ, tựa, từa
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References
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