似乎

Character by character

• 似sì6 strokesHSK 3resemble, similar to; as if, seem
• 乎hū5 strokesHSK 3interrogative or exclamatory final particle

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 似乎. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 几乎jī hūHSK 4

  almost; nearly; practically

• 类似lèi sìHSK 3

  similar; analogous

• 似的shì deHSK 4

  seems as if; rather like; Taiwan pr. [sì de]

• 在乎zài huHSK 4

  to care about; equivalent of 在于

• 相似xiāng sìHSK 3

  similar; alike

• 不在乎bù zài huHSK 4

  not to care

• 看似kàn sìHSK 7

  to look as if; to seem

• 好似hǎo sìHSK 6

  to seem; to be like

• 合乎hé hūHSK 7

  to accord with; to conform to

• 似曾相识sì céng xiāng shíHSK 7

  déjà vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time); seemingly familiar; apparently already acquainted

• 不亦乐乎bù yì lè hūHSK 7

  lit. isn't that a joy? (quote from Confucius); fig. (jocular) extremely; awfully

• 酷似kù sìHSK 7

  to strikingly resemble

• 似是而非sì shì ér fēiHSK 7

  apparently right but actually wrong; specious (idiom)