貌似
mào sì
Pinyin

Definition

貌似
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mào sì
  1. to appear to be
  2. to seem as if

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

似
shì
  1. 1 see also: 似的 shì de
似乎
sì hū
  1. 1 apparently
  2. 2 to seem
  3. 3 to appear
  4. 4 as if
  5. 5 seemingly
好似
hǎo sì
  1. 1 to seem
  2. 2 to be like
貌似
mào sì
  1. 1 to appear to be
  2. 2 to seem as if
似的
shì de
  1. 1 seems as if
  2. 2 rather like
  3. 3 Taiwan pr. [sì de]

Idioms (20)

人不可貌相
rén bù kě mào xiàng
  1. 1 you can't judge a person by appearance (idiom)
  2. 2 you can't judge a book by its cover
  3. 3 often in combination 人不可貌相，海水不可斗量[rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng]
人不可貌相，海水不可斗量
rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng
  1. 1 you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot (idiom)
以貌取人
yǐ mào qǔ rén
  1. 1 to judge sb by appearances (idiom)
似是而非
sì shì ér fēi
  1. 1 apparently right but actually wrong; specious (idiom)
似水年华
sì shuǐ nián huá
  1. 1 fleeting years (idiom)

Sample Sentences

很难想象，貌似一切皆有可能。
hěn nán xiǎngxiàng ，màoshì yīqiè jiē yǒu kěnéng 。
It's hard to imagine, it seems like anything is possible.
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最近貌似“女主外男主内”的情形越来越普遍，我的朋友圈儿里好多对夫妻都是这种模式。丈夫在家洗衣做饭带娃，太太在外叱咤风云。
zuìjìn màoshì “nǚ zhǔ wài nán zhǔ nèi ”de qíngxing yuèláiyuè pǔbiàn ，wǒ de péngyou quānr lǐ hǎo duō duì fūqī dōu shì zhèzhǒng móshì 。zhàngfu zài jiā xǐyī zuòfàn dàiwá ，tàitai zàiwài chìzhàfēngyún 。
Recently it seems like situations in which wives go out to work and husbands stay at home are getting more and more common. In my circle of friends many couples follow this model. The husband stays at home and does the laundry, makes dinner and looks after the children, while the wife makes her mark in the working world.
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不太确定，貌似胃病，但详细情形不太清楚，明天下班我跟小赵打算过去看他一下，你要来吗？
bùtài quèdìng ，màosì wèibìng ，dàn xiángxì qíngxing bùtài qīngchǔ ，míngtiān xiàbān wǒ gēn Xiǎo Zhào dǎsuàn guòqù kàn tā yīxià ，nǐ yào lái ma ？
I'm not too certain. It seems to be stomach trouble, but I'm not clear on the details. Tomorrow after work Xiao Zhao and I plan to go see him. Do you want to come?
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英雄人物大概都比较风流吧！不过娶了4个老婆，只有原配生了一个蒋经国，蒋纬国还是领养的。貌似老蒋得了花柳病……
yīngxióng rénwù dàgài dōu bǐjiào fēngliú ba ！bùguò qǔ le sì gè lǎopó ，zhǐyǒu yuánpèi shēng le yī gè Jiǎng Jīngguó ，Jiǎng Wěiguó háishì lǐngyǎng de 。màosì LǎoJiǎng dé le huāliǔbìng ……
Great men are almost all promiscuous! However, he married four wives and only his first wife gave birth to Chiang Ching-kuo. Chiang Wei-kuo was adopted. It looks as if Old Chiang contracted a venereal disease.
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