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跟 … 似的 (just like / as if)
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Cold as ice
- You come in from a winter walk and your hands are freezing.
- I / me我(modifier / structural particle)的hand手冷得like跟variant of 冰冰(as if)似的。 — "My hands are as cold as ice."
like跟 / like像 + X + (as if)似的 = like X, as if
- like跟 X (as if)似的 (shì de) compares something to X vividly: like跟a child孩子(as if)似的, like跟variant of 冰冰(as if)似的.
- It can describe a noun, a verb or an adjective: he他happy高兴(degree marker)得like跟a child孩子(as if)似的.
he他happy高兴得like跟a child孩子(as if)似的。
Complete: “He was as happy as a child.” 他高兴得跟孩子____。
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跟 X 似的 = like X.
As if: imagined situations
- he他to speak说话(modifier / structural particle)的appearance样子，as if好像everything什么all都knows知道(as if)似的。 — "The way he talks, it's as if he knows everything."
- outside (also pr. for this…外面like跟down下(completed / change)了一场Daxue or Great Snow, 21st…大雪(as if)似的，everywhere到处all都to be / is是white白(modifier / structural particle)的。 — "Outside it's as if there'd been a heavy snowfall — everything is white."
he他as if好像everything什么all都knows知道(as if)似的。
Build: “It's as if he knows everything.”
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好像 + clause + 似的.
Read it shì de
- (as if)似的 is read shì de, not sì de.
- It is spoken and vivid; in writing, like像…(the same)一样 or to seem仿佛 are common.
How is 似 read in 似的?
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In 似的 (“as if, like”), 似 is read shì: 像…似的 xiàng … shìde. In other words such as 似乎 and 相似 it is read sì.
like跟…(as if)似的 versus like像…(the same)一样
- like像 X (the same)一样 = like X (neutral, also written): like像variant of 冰冰(the same)一样cold冷.
- like跟 X (as if)似的 = like X (spoken, lively): 冷得like跟variant of 冰冰(as if)似的.
she她like像her mum妈妈(the same)一样gentle温柔。
像…一样 is more neutral than 跟…似的.
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跟…似的 is spoken and vivid.
Recap
- like跟 / like像 / as if好像 + X + (as if)似的 (shì de) = like X, as if (spoken, vivid).
- Neutral / written: like像…(the same)一样.
Read the full reference: HSK 6 grammar — Sentence patterns.
You come in from a winter walk and your hands are freezing. Close the examples. Say a Mandarin response, then write it in Chinese. Explain briefly in English what the lesson’s pattern adds. Compare with the model, then change one detail and try again.
This is supported productive practice. Compare meaning and structure; your answer need not copy the model. A partner or teacher must hear the spoken response to comment on pronunciation.