好似

Mandarin · pinyin hǎo sì

Meanings

  1. to seem
  2. to be like
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好
hǎo · good, excellent, fine; well
似
sì · resemble, similar to; as if, seem
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3–4 · hao3 si4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hou2 ci5

Cantonese word readings for 好似. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb

  1. to be like; to be as if
  2. to be better than
  3. (Cantonese) to take for example; for example; such as

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