似的

shìde

particle HSK 5 #1,504

Meanings

1 like; as if
2 similar to (suffix)

Characters

structural particle

Examples

HSK 2

她高兴得什么似的。

Tā gāoxìng de shénme shìde.

She was incredibly happy.

HSK 3

他跑得飞一样似的。

Tā pǎo de fēi yíyàng shìde.

He ran as if flying.

HSK 3

外面冷得跟冬天似的。

Wàimiàn lěng de gēn dōngtiān shìde.

Outside it's cold like winter.

Tips

grammar

似的 is a suffix placed after a comparison: 像…似的 or 跟…似的. Note the pronunciation is shìde, not sìde - different from 似乎 (sìhū).

Stroke Order

似 sì

的 de