HSK 6 · Adjectives

类似 lèisì “similar” in Chinese

Traditional 類似

What 类似 means

  1. similar
  2. analogous

How to say 类似

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale类lèi4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale似sì4th tone, falling

类似 in a sentence

  1. 我也听过一个类似的故事。

    Wǒ yě tīngguo yí ge lèisì de gùshi.

    I’ve heard a similar story too.

    Sentence #333510 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 你的问题类似于我的。

    Nǐ de wèntí lèisì yú wǒ de.

    Your problem is similar to mine.

    Sentence #784489 from Tatoeba

  3. 我的观点和你的类似。

    Wǒ de guāndiǎn hé nǐ de lèisì.

    My opinion is similar to yours.

    Sentence #864274 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 类似 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 类 (lèi) with each of its parts in a different colour
类lèikind; type; class; category
  • 米rice · mǐ
  • 大big · dà
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 类似

类 9 strokes · 似 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 类似

Words with 类

人类rénlèi · humanity类型lèixíng · type种类zhǒnglèi · kind

Words with 似

相似xiāngsì · similar似的shìde · as if似乎sìhū · it seems

More words: Adjectives

宽容kuānróng · tolerant枯燥kūzào · dull懒惰lǎnduò · lazy牢固láogù · firm冷酷lěngkù · cold-hearted廉洁liánjié · honest辽阔liáokuò · vast利害lìhai · terrible

FAQs

类似 (lèisì) means “similar” or “analogous”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it lèisì: lèi with a 4th 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.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 类似 is written 類似. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type leisi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 类似 from the suggestions. Typing leisi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
类似 is an HSK 6 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.