似的

shìde

particle HSK 4 #1,504

Meanings

1 like; as if
2 similar to (suffix)

Characters

structural particle

Examples

他跑得飞一样似的。

Tā pǎo de fēi yīyàng shìde.

He ran as if flying.

她高兴得什么似的。

Tā gāoxìng de shénme shìde.

She was incredibly happy.

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