Chinese symbol for “specious”
似是而非
sì shì ér fēi
apparently right but actually wrong; specious (idiom)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for specious is 似是而非 (sì shì ér fēi), defined as: apparently right but actually wrong; specious (idiom).
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 似是而非.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 类似 (類似) | lèi sì | similar; analogous |
| 似乎 | sì hū | it seems; seemingly; as if |
| 相似 | xiāng sì | similar; alike |
| 似的 | shì de | seems as if; rather like |
| 看似 | kàn sì | to look as if; to seem |
| 疑似 | yí sì | to be suspected to be |
| 不是 | bù shì | no; is not |
| 就是 | jiù shì | exactly; precisely; only; simply; just |
| 而且 | ér qiě | (not only ...) but also; moreover; in addition; furthermore |
| 非常 | fēi cháng | very; really; unusual; extraordinary |
See also: Japanese symbol for “specious”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.