HSK 5 · Adjectives

相似 xiāngsì “similar” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 相似 means

  1. similar
  2. alike

How to say 相似

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale相xiāng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale似sì4th tone, falling

相似 in a sentence

  1. 你我的问题很相似。

    Nǐ wǒ de wèntí hěn xiāngsì.

    Your problem and mine are similar.

    Sentence #1757277 from Tatoeba

  2. 地球的外形和橙子相似。

    Dìqiú de wàixíng hé chéngzi xiāngsì.

    The earth is similar in shape to an orange.

    Sentence #334742 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 事物无论多相似还是会有点差异的。

    Shìwù wúlùn duō xiāngsì háishi huì yǒudiǎn chāyì de.

    No matter how similar things are, there are always some differences.

    Sentence #10265795 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 相似 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 相 (xiāng) with each of its parts in a different colour
相xiāngeach other
  • 木tree · mù
  • 目eye · mù

Memory aidAn eye 目 looking at a tree 木: to look at, and so “each other”.

The character 似 (sì) with each of its parts in a different colour
似sìto seem
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 以according to · yǐ

How to write 相似

相 9 strokes · 似 6 strokes

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相似 (xiāngsì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 相似 (xiāngsì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 相似

Words with 相

相信xiāngxìn · to believe照相zhàoxiàng · to take a photo相机xiàngjī · camera照相机zhàoxiàngjī · camera相反xiāngfǎn · opposite相同xiāngtóng · the same互相hùxiāng · each other相处xiāngchǔ · to get along (with someone)相当xiāngdāng · equivalent to相对xiāngduì · relatively

Words with 似

似的shìde · as if似乎sìhū · it seems类似lèisì · similar

More words: Adjectives

系统xìtǒng · system瞎xiā · blind鲜艳xiānyàn · bright-coloured现实xiànshí · reality小气xiǎoqì · stingy孝顺xiàoshùn · filial斜xié · inclined虚心xūxīn · open-minded

FAQs

相似 (xiāngsì) means “similar” or “alike”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it xiāngsì: xiāng with a 1st tone, then sì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 相似 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xiangsi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 相似 from the suggestions. Typing xiangsi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
相似 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.