Chinese word

类似

Pronunciation

Pinyinlèi sì

Meaning

  • adjectivesimilar

Example

这两种疾病的症状很类似。zhè liáng zhǒng jí bìng de zhèng zhuàng hěn lèi sì

The symptoms of these two diseases are very similar.

Illustration for 类似 (similar)

More examples

这两件衬衫的颜色很类似，但款式不一样。zhè liǎng jiàn chèn shān de yán sè hěn lèi sì dàn kuǎn shì bù yí yàng

The colors of these two shirts are very similar, but the styles are different.

Core concept

A shared pattern across different things, with overlap in some features but not complete sameness.

Common phrases

  • 有点类似yóu diǎn lèi sì

    a little similar

  • 类似的衣服lèi sì de yī fú

    similar-looking clothes

  • 类似的颜色lèi sì de yán sè

    similar-looking colors

Similar words

相似xiāng sì: Resembling something in part of its form or nature.
相近xiāng jìn: Near in distance, level, or degree, making things seem similar.
相像xiāng xiàng: Looking very much alike in form or appearance.

Definition in Chinese

指两个事物在某些特征或类别上近似但不相同，强调部分相似性，常用于说明性或比较性的语境。zhǐ liǎng gè shì wù zài mǒu xiē tè zhēng huò lèi bié shàng jìn sì dàn bù xiāng tóng qiáng diào bù fèn xiāng sì xìng cháng yòng yú shuō míng xìng huò bǐ jiào xìng de yǔ jìng

Word origin

类似 (lèisì, "similar") combines 类 (lèi, "type") with 似 (sì, "resemble"), linking a shared kind with the appearance of likeness.

Usage tips

  • Chinese often places this adjective before a noun with 的 (de, "of"), while English normally places the adjective directly before the noun, so 的 should not be treated as part of the adjective.

Other meanings

  • resembleverb

Opposites

Related words

  • 类似于lèi sì yúbe similar toverb
  • 类似地lèi sì dìin a similar wayadverb

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