HSK 4 grammar · particle
似的
似的 — like / as if
Pattern
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( ) can be left out · other words may come before, between and after
How it works
似的 (read shìde) after a noun or phrase means something is like or resembles it — "like", "as if". It often teams up with 像 or 好像 at the front (像…似的) and closes the comparison; do not confuse it with the structural 的.
Examples
他高兴得像个孩子似的。
Tā gāoxìng de xiàng ge háizi shìde.
He was as happy as a child.
天阴得要下雨似的。
Tiān yīn de yào xià yǔ shìde.
The sky is so overcast it seems about to rain.
她跑得飞似的。
Tā pǎo de fēi shìde.
She ran as if flying.
Related
See it in a story
In the app, 似的 is underlined wherever it appears in the stories you read, and practised with sentences from them. Free.