猶似

Chinese

		as if; still	to seem; to appear; similar to seem; to appear; similar; like; to resemble
trad. (猶似)		猶	似
simp. (犹似)		犹	似

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yóusì

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ ㄙˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴ ci⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yóusì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ ㄙˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yóusìh
    • Wade–Giles: yu²-ssŭ⁴
    • Yale: yóu-sz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yousyh
    • Palladius: юсы (jusy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯³⁵ sz̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁴ ci⁵
    • Yale: yàuh chíh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴ tsi⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴ qi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰiː¹³/

Verb

猶似

1. (literary) to be like; to be as if

   • 猶似只要　叫安歌　再安歌　刻意蹉跎 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     犹似只要　叫安歌　再安歌　刻意蹉跎 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2022, 林家謙 [Terence Lam], lyrics by 黃偉文 [Wyman Wong], 邊一個發明了ENCORE

     jau⁴ ci⁵ zi² jiu³, giu³ on¹ go¹, zoi³ on¹ go¹, hak¹ ji³ co¹ to⁴ [Jyutping]

     It is as if we just need to shout encore, encore again, deliberately idling away the time

Synonyms

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• hak+nan-hbl:親像 / hak+nan-hbl:亲像
• 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)
• 好似 (hǎosì)
• 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)
• 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)