似 (sì) means Be like (seem - resemble - appear). Below are 9 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
这两个字很相 似 。
Zhè liǎng ge zì hěn xiāngsì.
These two characters look very similar.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 相似
他像小孩 似 的笑了。
Tā xiàng xiǎohái shìde xiào le.
He laughed like a child.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 似的
他们的经历很相 似 。
Tāmen de jīnglì hěn xiāngsì.
Their experiences are very similar.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 相似
这件事 似 乎不太简单。
Zhè jiàn shì sìhū bú tài jiǎndān.
This matter does not seem very simple.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 似乎
这两个词的意思很类 似 。
Zhè liǎng ge cí de yìsi hěn lèisì.
The meanings of these two words are very similar.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 类似
把相 似 的条目合并成一条。
Bǎ xiāngsì de tiáomù hébìng chéng yì tiáo.
Merge the similar entries into one.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 合并
类 似 的情况以前也发生过。
Lèisì de qíngkuàng yǐqián yě fāshēng guo.
A similar situation has happened before.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 类似
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Words that contain 似
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Questions about 似
How is 似 used in a sentence?
This page shows 9 sentences using 似 (sì, "Be like (seem - resemble - appear)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 似 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 似 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 似?
The dictionary page for 似 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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