HSK 5 · Function Words

似的 shìde “as if” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 似的 means

  1. as if
  2. (just) like
  3. seems as if
  4. rather like

How to say 似的

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale似shì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own的deneutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

似的 in a sentence

  1. 不要哭得像个孩子似的。

    Búyào kū de xiàng ge háizi shìde.

    Don’t cry like a child.

    Sentence #334069 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 她捂着嘴，笑得跟个小女生似的。

    Tā wǔ zhe zuǐ, xiào de gēn ge xiǎo nǚshēng shìde.

    She covered her mouth and laughed like a little schoolgirl.

    Sentence #1891733 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 他走路走得像只鸭子似的。

    Tā zǒulù zǒu de xiàng zhī yāzi shìde.

    He walks like a duck.

    Sentence #13642654 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 似的 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 似 (sì) with each of its parts in a different colour
似shì
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 以according to · yǐ
The character 的 (de) with each of its parts in a different colour
的deof; ~’s
  • 白white · bái
  • 勺spoon · sháo

Memory aidIt first meant “bright, clear”, with white 白 for the meaning and 勺 (sháo) for the sound. Now it is the most common character in Chinese.

How to write 似的

似 6 strokes · 的 8 strokes

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

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

Words related to 似的

Words with 似

相似xiāngsì · similar似乎sìhū · it seems类似lèisì · similar

Words with 的

的de · possessive particle有的yǒude · (there are) some (who are…)别的biéde · other的话dehuà · if (ends a conditional clause)目的mùdì · purpose的确díquè · really

More words: Function Words & Grammar

群qún · group日常rìcháng · day-to-day如何rúhé · how始终shǐzhōng · from beginning to end首shǒu · measure word for songs and poems似乎sìhū · it seems事先shìxiān · in advance随时suíshí · at any time

FAQs

似的 (shìde) means “as if” or “(just) like”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it shìde: shì with a 4th tone, then de with a neutral tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 似的 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shide with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 似的 from the suggestions. Typing shide into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
似的 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.