Chinese

似乎

/sɹ̩⁵¹ xu⁵⁵/
as if; seemingly
  • HSK 4
  • TOCFL 5

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  • characterChinese似 “to be like; to be similar to; to resemble”
    • meaningChinese人 “man; person; people (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 隻／只 h)”
    • soundChinese以 “a preposition that expresses a boundary in time, orientation, direction or quantity”
  • characterChinese乎 “in; at; on”
    • soundChinese丂 “the appearance of air which is to be released”
      • componentChinese𠃑
      • componentChinese一 “one”

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