仿佛

fǎngfú

adverb HSK 5 #5,364

Meanings

HSK 3

她仿佛什么都没发生一样。

Tā fǎngfú shénme dōu méi fāshēng yíyàng.

She acted as if nothing had happened.

HSK 5

他仿佛听到了远处的歌声。

Tā fǎngfú tīngdào le yuǎnchù de gēshēng.

He seemed to hear singing from afar.

HSK 7-9

这个地方仿佛人间仙境。

Zhège dìfāng fǎngfú rénjiān xiānjìng.

This place seems like a paradise on earth.

usage

仿佛 is more literary/formal than 好像 (hǎoxiàng). Both mean 'as if', but 仿佛 is preferred in written Chinese.

usage

佛 is pronounced 'fú' here (not 'Fó' as in Buddha). This is a common pronunciation exception.

仿 fǎng

佛 Fó