Expressing "It Seems" With 好像 。。。 似的

Chinese Grammar 漢語語法

Expressing "It Seems" With 好像 。。。 似的

好像。。。似的 is certainly one of the sentence structures meaning "to seem."

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Synonyms: 宛如 犹如 好似 如同 貌似 似乎

Examples:

我好像生病似的。 

zhè tiáo lù hǎo xiàng hěn cháng shì de 

It seems I am sick. 

这条路好像很长似的。 

zhè tiáo lù hǎo xiàng hěn cháng shì de 

This road seems to be long. 

你好像很有钱似的。 

nǐ hǎo xiàng hěn yǒu qián shì de 

You seem to be rich.

The pattern may also be used without 似的. Its absence does not influence the meaning of the sentence: 

我们好像吃饱了。 

wǒ men hǎo xiàng chī bǎo le 

We seem to be full. 

他们好像要结婚了 。 

Tā men hǎo xiàng yào lí hūn le 

They seem to be getting divorced.

If there is no subject in a sentence with 好像, it is translated into English as "it seems that...". 

好像要下雪了。 

hǎo xiàng yào xià xuě le 

It seems like it's going to snow.

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Example Sentences

他们好像是多年的老朋友了。 

They seem to have been close friends for many years.

他好像喜欢上我了。 

He seems to like me.

我好像看见有人走进了我的家。 

I seem to see someone going into my house.

好像她已出去好几天了。 

It looks as if she's gone away for a few days.

天好像要下雨了。 

It seems that it is going to rain.

他们好像是多年的老朋友了。

tā men hǎo xiàng shì duō nián de lǎo péng you le

They seem to have been close friends for many years.