類似

See also: 类似

Chinese

		kind; type; class kind; type; class; category; similar; like; to resemble	to seem; to appear; similar to seem; to appear; similar; like; to resemble
trad. (類似)		類	似
simp. (类似)		类	似

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lèisì

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˋ ㄙˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁶ ci⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lūi-sǐr / lūi-sū

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lui⁷ se⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lèisì
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˋ ㄙˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lèisìh
    • Wade–Giles: lei⁴-ssŭ⁴
    • Yale: lèi-sz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leysyh
    • Palladius: лэйсы (lɛjsy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ sz̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: leoi⁶ ci⁵
    • Yale: leuih chíh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁶ tsi⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁶ qi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯²² t͡sʰiː¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lūi-sǐr
    • Tâi-lô: luī-sǐr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lui⁴¹⁻²² sɯ²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lūi-sū
    • Tâi-lô: luī-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: luixsu
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lui²²⁻²¹ su²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lui³³⁻¹¹ su³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lui³³⁻²¹ su³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lui⁷ se⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lūi sṳ̆
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lui¹¹ sɯ³⁵/

Verb

類似

1. to be similar (to); to be analogous (to)

Synonyms

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• 好像 (hǎoxiàng)
• 嫌 (xián) (literary, or in compounds)
• 接近 (jiējìn)
• 相仿 (xiāngfǎng)
• 相似 (xiāngsì)
• 相像 (xiāngxiàng)
• 相若 (xiāngruò)
• 相近 (xiāngjìn)
• 相類／相类 (xiānglèi)
• 近似 (jìnsì)
• 逼肖 (bīxiào) (literary, to bear a close resemblance to)
• 隨／随 (suí) (Northern Mandarin, of a parent in appearance or disposition)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
類	似
るい Grade: 4	じ Grade: 5
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
類似 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) るいじ [rùíjí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɾɯ̟iʑi]

Noun

類(るい)似(じ) • (ruiji) 

1. similarity, resemblance, the fact of being an analogue; the fact of being similar

Verb

類(るい)似(じ)する • (ruiji suru) intransitive suru (stem 類(るい)似(じ)し (ruiji shi), past 類(るい)似(じ)した (ruiji shita))

1. to resemble, to be alike, to be analogous

   あの二人(ふたり)の顔(かお)は類(るい)似(じ)したところがある

   ano futari no kao wa ruiji shita tokoro ga aru

   Their faces are similar

Conjugation

Conjugation of "類似する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	類似し	るいじし	ruiji shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	類似し	るいじし	ruiji shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	類似する	るいじする	ruiji suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	類似する	るいじする	ruiji suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	類似すれ	るいじすれ	ruiji sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	類似せよ¹ 類似しろ²	るいじせよ¹ るいじしろ²	ruiji seyo¹ ruiji shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	類似される	るいじされる	ruiji sareru
Causative	類似させる 類似さす	るいじさせる るいじさす	ruiji saseru ruiji sasu
Potential	類似できる	るいじできる	ruiji dekiru
Volitional	類似しよう	るいじしよう	ruiji shiyō
Negative	類似しない	るいじしない	ruiji shinai
Negative continuative	類似せず	るいじせず	ruiji sezu
Formal	類似します	るいじします	ruiji shimasu
Perfective	類似した	るいじした	ruiji shita
Conjunctive	類似して	るいじして	ruiji shite
Hypothetical conditional	類似すれば	るいじすれば	ruiji sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Synonyms

• 似(に)る (niru)
• 似(に)通(かよ)う (nikayou)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
類	似

Noun

類似 • (yusa) (hangeul 유사)

1. hanja form^? of 유사 (“similarity”)