好似

Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	to seem; to appear; similar to seem; to appear; similar; like; to resemble
trad. (好似)		好	似
simp. ^#(好似)		好	似

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hǎosì

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄙˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): hou² ci⁵

(Taishan, Wiktionary): hau² tei⁴, hau² tei^4*

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hǎosì
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄙˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hǎosìh
  - Wade–Giles: hao³-ssŭ⁴
  - Yale: hǎu-sz̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haosyh
  - Palladius: хаосы (xaosy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hou² ci⁵
  - Yale: hóu chíh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hou² tsi⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: hou² qi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ t͡sʰiː¹³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: hau² tei⁴, hau² tei^4*
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hau⁵⁵ tʰei²¹/, /hau⁵⁵ tʰei²¹⁻²¹⁵/

Verb

好似

to be like; to be as if
to be better than
(Cantonese) to take for example; for example; such as

Synonyms

(to be like):

不啻 (bùchì) (literary)
似 (ci⁵) (Cantonese, Classical Chinese)
似乎 (sìhū)
似如 (si⁴ y²) (Xiang)
像 (xiàng)
像係／像系 (Hakka)
像是 (xiàngshì)
儼如／俨如 (yǎnrú) (literary)
儼然／俨然 (yǎnrán)
儼若／俨若 (yǎnruò) (literary)
勝如／胜如 (⁵sen-zy) (Wu)
好像 (hǎoxiàng)
如同 (rútóng)
好比 (hǎobǐ)
宛 (Classical Chinese, or compounds only)
宛如 (wǎnrú) (literary)
宛然 (wǎnrán) (literary)
宛若 (wǎnruò) (literary)
就像 (jiùxiàng)
彷彿／仿佛 (fǎngfú)
忽如 (hūrú) (literary)
恍若 (huǎngruò)
敢若 (Hokkien)
敢若是 (Hokkien)
𣍐輸／𫧃输 (bē-su) (Hokkien)
有如 (yǒurú) (formal)
猶似／犹似 (yóusì) (literary)
猶像／犹像 (yóuxiàng) (literary)
猶如／犹如 (yóurú) (formal)
甲像 (Hokkien)
甲像是 (Hokkien)
甲親像／甲亲像 (Hokkien)
看上去 (kàn shàngqù)
看似 (kànsì)
看來／看来 (kànlái)
看樣子／看样子 (kànyàngzi)
看起來／看起来 (kànqilai)
若 (Classical Chinese, or compounds only)
若像 (Hokkien)
若親像／若亲像 (Hokkien)
表面上 (biǎomiànshang)
親像／亲像 (Hakka, Hokkien)
象 (xiàng)
貌似 (màosì)
賽可／赛可 (Ningbonese)
較像／较像 (Hokkien)
較像是／较像是 (Hokkien)
較親像／较亲像 (Hokkien)
顯得／显得 (xiǎnde)

Dialectal synonyms of 好像 (“to seem like; to be as if”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		好像, 似乎, 彷彿
Mandarin	Taiwan	好像
	Malaysia	好像
	Singapore	好像
Cantonese	Hong Kong	好似
Cantonese	Singapore (Guangfu)	好似
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	親像
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	親像
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	親像
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	親像
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	親像
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	親像
Southern Min	Xiamen	敢若, 敢若是, 親像, 恰像, 恰親像
	Quanzhou	敢若, 敢若是, 親像
	Zhangzhou	親像, 恰像
	Tainan	敢若
	Singapore (Hokkien)	敢若, 敢若是, 親像
	Manila (Hokkien)	較若像, 敢若像, 較若, 敢若, 敢若是, 親像, 若像, 較像

(to take for example):

例如 (lìrú)
別作／别作 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
別作／别作 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
好比 (hǎobǐ)
掠作 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
比在 (Hokkien)
比如 (bǐrú)
比方 (colloquial)
比論／比论 (Dungan, Hakka, Hokkien)
若作 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
諸如／诸如 (zhūrú)
講比／讲比 (jiang³ bi³) (Sichuanese)
譬如 (pìrú)

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