好似 (hou2 ci5 | hao3 si4) : be like; be very similar

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好似

hou2 ci5

hao3 si4

be like; be very similar; to resemble | Mand.: 好像; 好象; 似乎

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 2,570,000

This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

好似

This word has been viewed 10158 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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Characters in this word:

好 hou2 hou3 - good; very; friendly; healthy; ready
似 ci5 - resemble; similar to; seemingly

1 compounds containing this word:

好似雪咁凍 - as cold as snow

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媽咪好似返咗嚟啦喎
Seems like Mum's back home!
[Lit. mum seems return-already come [particles]]

睇你嘅樣，真係好似好攰噉喎粵
Seeing your face, you must be really tired.
[Lit. see your face, really seem very tired [particles]]

條褲好似長噉啲。粵
The trousers look like somewhat too long.
[噉 means 'to some level/degree' in this sentence.]

隻狗好似嗅到乜味道噉，開始大聲吠粵
The dog seems to have sniffed and picked up some scent and started to bark.

屋企咁黑猛猛，我好似盲咗噉睇唔到嘢粵
The house is so dark it's like I'm blind.

我啱啱睇嗰套卡通好似好𠵇𠺫，唔知發生咩事粵
The anime I was watching just now seemed strange, I'm not quite sure what was going on.
[Lit. I just-now see that [counter] anime seem very strange, not-know happen what-matter]

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