似 sì

1. sì 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. sì 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. sì verb to inherit; to succeed
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 继嗣 (Guoyu '似' v 2)
4. sì 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. sì conjunction used to express contrast
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '似' conj)

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• 相似性 resemblance; similarity
• 似水年华(似水年華) fleeting years
• 无似(無似) extremely; unworthy (self-deprecatory term)
• 词相似效应(詞相似效應) word similarity effect
• 似懂非懂 to not really understand; to half-understand
• 胜似(勝似) to surpass; to be better than; to be superior to
• 恰似 just like; exactly like
• 大似 very similar
• 如鱼似水(如魚似水) like a fish and water
• 似是而非 specious; seemingly so but not so
• 如胶似漆(如膠似漆) like glue sticking to lacquer; joined at the hip
• 逐次近似 successive approximate values
• 似鸟恐龙(似鳥恐龍) ornithischian; bird-like dinosaur
• 怪物似 monstrous
• 酷似 to strikingly resemble
• 似乎 seemly; apparently
• 归心似箭(歸心似箭) with one's heart set on speeding home
• 形似 similar in shape and appearance
• 近似等级(近似等級) order of approximation
• 目似点漆(目似點漆) [beautiful] eyes like dots of lacquer
• 疑似 to be suspected to be; deceptive; plausible but fallacious
• 最大似然估计(最大似然估計) maximum-likelihood estimation
• 类似点(類似點) resemblance
• 似笑非笑 a faint smile; seemingly smiling but not smiling
• 仿似 as if; to seem
• 好似 to seem; to be like
• 似的 seems as if; rather like
• 强似(強似) better than; surpassing
• 类似(類似) similar; analogous
• 外似謇正 an upright external appearance
• 似漆如胶(似漆如膠) like lacquer and glue; joined at the hip
• 似曾相识(似曾相識) having seen the same situation before; déjà vu
• 似核 nucleoid (of prokaryotic cell)
• 肖似 to resemble; to look like
• 如饥似渴(如飢似渴) to hunger for; eagerly; to long for sth
• 看似 to look as if; to seem
• 侯门似海(侯門似海) the gate of a noble house is like the sea
• 光阴似箭(光陰似箭) time flies like an arrow
• 相似 to be similar; to resemble
• 近似解 approximate solution
• 如金似玉 like gold or jade; gorgeous; lovely; splendorous
• 似雪 snowy
• 神似 similar in expression and spirit; to bear a remarkable resemblance to
• 如花似玉 delicate as a flower, refined as a precious jade; (of a woman) exquisite
• 貌似 to appear to be; to seem as if
• 模似 to simulate; to emulate
• 活神仙似 to live like the immortals (advertising real estate)
• 近似 to be similar
• 大奸似忠(大姦似忠) the most treacherous person appears the most guileless
• 柔情似水 tender and soft as water; deeply attached to sb

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• 卷四百七十四 列傳第二百三十三 姦臣四 万俟禼 韓侂胄 丁大全 賈似道 Volume 474 Biographies 233: Treacherous Officials 4 - Wan Sixie, Han Tuozhou, Ding Daquan, Jia Sidao History of Song 宋史 — count: 79
• 卷八 Scroll 8 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 43
• 卷十二 Scroll 12 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 40
• 卷二百十四 表第五 宰輔五 Volume 214 Tables 5: Chancellors 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 36
• 卷五 Scroll 5 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 36
• 卷四百十八 列傳第一百七十七 吳潛 程元鳳 江萬里 王爚 章鑑 陳宜中 文天祥 Volume 418 Biographies 177: Wu Qian, Cheng Yuanfeng, Jiang Wanli, Wang Yue, Zhang Jian, Chen Yizhong, Wen Tianxiang History of Song 宋史 — count: 34
• 卷十八 Scroll 18 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 32
• 卷四 Scroll 4 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 29
• 卷四十五 本紀第四十五 理宗五 Volume 45 Annals 45: Lizong 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 27
• 卷四十七 本紀第四十七 瀛國公 益王 衞王 Volume 47 Annals 47: Ying Guogong, Yiwang, Weiwang History of Song 宋史 — count: 27

Collocations

• 似义 (似義) 似義 — Xunzi 荀子, 宥坐篇第二十八 Chapter 28: The Right Hand Vessel — count: 4
• 似类 (似類) 三曰托於似類 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 內儲說下六微第三十一 Chapter 31: A Collection of Sayings II — count: 4
• 似勇 (似勇) 似勇而非 — Xunzi 荀子, 大略篇第二十七 Chapter 27: Great Summary — count: 4
• 似续 (似續) 似續妣祖 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧鴻鴈之什‧斯干 Minor odes of the kingdom - Hong Yan Zhi Shen - Si Gan — count: 3
• 似道 (似道) 似道 — Xunzi 荀子, 宥坐篇第二十八 Chapter 28: The Right Hand Vessel — count: 3
• 言似 (言似) 其言似不足者 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 10. 《鄉黨》 Xiang Dang — count: 2
• 似人 (似人) 望之不似人君 — Mencius 孟子, 梁惠王上 King Hui of Liang I — count: 2
• 似鹿 (似鹿) 馬之似鹿者千金 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十六　說山訓 Chapter 16: A Mountain of Persuasion — count: 2
• 蚕似 (蠶似) 蠶似蠋 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 說林下第二十三 Chapter 23: Collections of Persuasions II — count: 2
• 似鸣 (似鳴) 且其匪色必似鳴矣 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 冬官考工記 第六 6. Office of Winter and Inspection Records — count: 2