跟 … 似的 (just like / as if)
Happy as a child
- with / and跟 + Noun + seems as if似的 = "just like / as if".
- happy高兴(degree marker)得with / and跟child孩子seems as if似的 = "as happy as a child."
- seems as if似的 closes a vivid comparison.
with / and跟 + Noun / Adj + seems as if似的
- with / and跟…seems as if似的 likens one thing to another.
this这flower花like跟real真的as if似的。
- with / and跟really真的seems as if似的 = "(it looks) just like real."
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跟 X 似的 paints a vivid likeness — 跟 opens, 似的 closes.
Practice
It looks just like real: 这花跟真的 ____。
跟 + Noun + 似的 = just like: 跟真的似的.
Practice
似的 closes a comparison at the end.
Yes — 跟 + N + 似的.
Recap
Key idea
- with / and跟 + Noun + seems as if似的 — "just like / as if"
- with / and跟really真的seems as if似的 · happy高兴(degree marker)得with / and跟child孩子seems as if似的
- seems as if似的 caps a vivid comparison (≈ as if好像…same一样)
Read the full reference: HSK 6 grammar — Sentence patterns.
Practice
跟…似的 is closest to…
跟孩子似的 = like a child; a vivid comparison.