# 似乎
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): sìhū
    (Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄏㄨ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ci$^5$ fu$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): sǐr-ho͘ / sū-ho͘ / sī-ho͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): se$^6$ hu$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: sìhū → sìhu (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄏㄨ → ㄙˋ ˙ㄏㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sìhhů
*** Wade–Giles: ssŭ$^4$-hu$^5$
*** Yale: sz̀-hu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syh.hu
*** Palladius: сыху (syxu)
*** Sinological IPA : /sz̩⁵¹ xu⁵⁵/ → /sz̩⁵¹ xu¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ci$^5$ fu$^4$
*** Yale: chíh fùh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsi$^5$ fu$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: qi$^5$ fu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiː¹³ fuː²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sǐr-ho͘
*** Tâi-lô: sǐr-hoo
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ²² hɔ³³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-ho͘
*** Tâi-lô: sū-hoo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: suxhof
*** IPA (Xiamen): /su²²⁻²¹ hɔ⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sī-ho͘
*** Tâi-lô: sī-hoo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sixhof
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /si²²⁻²¹ hɔ⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: se$^6$ hu$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sṳ̆ hu
*** Sinological IPA : /sɯ³⁵⁻¹¹ hu³³/

### Adverb

似乎
* as if; seemingly
       Tā sìhū mǎnzú yú zuò dàkuǎn de wánwù. [Pinyin]
       She seems content with her life as a rich man's plaything.

#### Synonyms

* 不啻 (bùchì) (literary)
* 似 (ci$^5$) (Cantonese, Classical Chinese)
* 似如 (si$^4$ y$^2$) (Xiang)
* 像 (xiàng)
* 像係／像系 (Hakka)
* 像是 (xiàngshì)
* 儼如／俨如 (yǎnrú) (literary)
* 儼然／俨然 (yǎnrán)
* 儼若／俨若 (yǎnruò) (literary)
* 勝如／胜如 ($^5$sen-zy) (Wu)
* 好似 (hǎosì)
* 好像 (hǎoxiàng)
* 如同 (rútóng)
* 好比 (hǎobǐ)
* 宛 (Classical Chinese, or compounds only)
* 宛如 (wǎnrú) (literary)
* 宛然 (wǎnrán) (literary)
* 宛若 (wǎnruò) (literary)
* 就像 (jiùxiàng)
* 彷彿／仿佛 (fǎngfú)
* 忽如 (hūrú) (literary)
* 恍若 (huǎngruò)
* 敢若 (Hokkien)
* 敢若是 (Hokkien)
* 𣍐輸／𫧃输 (bē-su) (Hokkien)
* 有如 (yǒurú) (formal)
* 猶似／犹似 (yóusì) (literary)
* 猶像／犹像 (yóuxiàng) (literary)
* 猶如／犹如 (yóurú) (formal)
* 甲像 (Hokkien)
* 甲像是 (Hokkien)
* 甲親像／甲亲像 (Hokkien)
* 看上去 (kàn shàngqù)
* 看似 (kànsì)
* 看來／看来 (kànlái)
* 看樣子／看样子 (kànyàngzi)
* 看起來／看起来 (kànqilai)
* 若 (Classical Chinese, or compounds only)
* 若像 (Hokkien)
* 若親像／若亲像 (Hokkien)
* 表面上 (biǎomiànshang)
* 親像／亲像 (Hakka, Hokkien)
* 象 (xiàng)
* 貌似 (màosì)
* 賽可／赛可 (Ningbonese)
* 較像／较像 (Hokkien)
* 較像是／较像是 (Hokkien)
* 較親像／较亲像 (Hokkien)
* 顯得／显得 (xiǎnde)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 好像, 似乎, 彷彿 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 好像 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 好像 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 好像 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 好似 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 好似 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 親像 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 親像 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 親像 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 親像 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 親像 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 親像 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 敢若, 敢若是, 親像, 恰像, 恰親像 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 敢若, 敢若是, 親像 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 親像, 恰像 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 敢若 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 敢若, 敢若是, 親像 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 較若像, 敢若像, 較若, 敢若, 敢若是, 親像, 若像, 較像 |