1. verb to resemble; to similar to to
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 相像 (Guoyu '似' v 1; Unihan '似')
  2. adverb as if; seem
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 好像; as in 似乎 (Guoyu '似' adv; Unihan '似')
  3. verb to inherit; to succeed
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 继嗣 (Guoyu '似' v 2)
  4. verb to present; to give as a present
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 奉赠 or 给予 (Guoyu '似' v 3)
  5. conjunction used to express contrast
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '似' conj)
  6. conjunction to appear
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: pratibhāsa; in the sense of 显现 (FGDB '似')

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