As if / like (似的)

Structure （像 / 好像 …）+ thing/action + 似的

似的 (shìde) goes at the end to say something "seems like" or is "as if it were" something else: 他高兴得像孩子似的 = "he’s happy like a child". 天阴得像要下雨似的 = "the sky looks as if it’s about to rain". It’s very often accompanied by 像 or 好像 in front. Note: 似 here reads shì (not sì).

Examples

他tā高gāo兴xìng得de像xiàng孩hái子zi似shì的de。
He’s as happy as a child.
天tiān阴yīn得de像xiàng要yào下xià雨yǔ似shì的de。
The sky is overcast as if it’s about to rain.
他tā跑pǎo得de像xiàng飞fēi似shì的de。
He runs as if he were flying.

Levels are indicative: they follow the standard Chinese Grammar Wiki (AllSet Learning) progression, not an official HSK 3.0 mapping. We never assign levels by eye.

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