to want; to need; to ask for / will; shall; about to / need to; should / if (same as 要是) / (bound form) important

(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then / (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after / (same as 就是) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly / only; as little as / as much as; as many as / to approach; to move towards / to undertake; to engage in / (often followed by 著｜着) taking advantage of / (of food) to go with / with regard to; concerning / (pattern: 就 ... 也 ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: 不 ... 就 ...) if not ... then must be ...

if only / so long as

as if / to seem like

to resemble / to be like / to look as if / such as / appearance / image / portrait / image under a mapping (math.)

quilt / to cover (with) / (literary) to suffer (a misfortune) / used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊｜被旅游 to "go on a trip")

really / sure enough / as expected / if indeed

seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be

it seems; seemingly; as if

seems as if / rather like / Taiwan pr. [si4 de5]

to seem / as if / alike / similar

(emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated) / precisely / exactly / even / if / just like / in the same way as

as / as if / such as

to seem / like / as / if

to look as if; to seem

to act shamelessly / to refuse to acknowledge that one has lost the game, or made a promise etc / to act dumb / to act as if sth never happened

to do one's utmost; with all one's might; at all costs; (to work or fight) as if one's life depends on it

(idiom) (of two or more people) to take the same action without prior consultation; (usu. used adverbially) all (or both) of them, independently; as if by prior agreement

really / as expected / sure enough / if indeed... / if it's really...

lit. as if drunk and stupefied (idiom) / intoxicated by sth / obsessed with / mad about sth / also written 如癡如醉｜如痴如醉

it seems / it looks as if

to feel as if it had happened to oneself / to sympathize / (polite expression of gratitude for a favor received by a friend etc) I take it as a personal favor

to appear to be / to seem as if

as if / (just) like / just as / still / yet

as if made by heaven

as if / as though / rather like

as if relieved from a burden (idiom) / to have a weight off one's mind

obsessed / bewitched / enchanted / as if possessed

Since they have come, we should make them comfortable (idiom). Since we're here, take it easy. / Since this is so, we should accept it. / Now we have come, let's stay and take the rough with the smooth. / If you can't do anything to prevent it, you might as well sit back and enjoy it.

winding / as if

lit. as if walking on thin ice (idiom) / fig. to be extremely cautious / to be skating on thin ice

just as if

to hum and haw (idiom); to mumble as if hiding sth / to speak and break off, then start again / to hold sth back

as if drunk or entranced (idiom); leading a befuddled existence / in a drunken stupor

if only / so long as / (contraction of 只 and 要)

to be as if... / to be rather like...

to write in the style of some author / to write as if from the mouth of sb / a pastiche

lit. as if meeting a great enemy (idiom) / fig. cautious / with great preoccupation / with strict precaution

(idiom) as if nothing had happened; calm and composed; nonchalant

to feel as if having one's heart cut out (idiom) / to be torn with grief

as if gaining the most precious treasure

lit. as if sitting on pins and needles (idiom) / fig. to be in an uncomfortable situation

to make a show of being very much in earnest (idiom) / to act as if one is taking things very seriously

as if dumb / speechless

lit. as if enumerating one's family valuables (idiom) / fig. to be very familiar with a matter

like a thing of the previous generation; as if it were a lifetime ago

as if / just like

lit. as if in mourning for one's parents (idiom) / fig. (often pejorative) inconsolable; distraught

as if one had lost something (idiom) / to look or feel unsettled or distracted / to feel empty

to limp / to sprain (an ankle or wrist) / to move carefully, as if evading a danger / to scurry

lit. to feel as if one's intestines have been cut short / broken-hearted (idiom)

the appearance of a mountain, as if two pots were standing one upon the other / the steep bank of a stream / a rough mountain path

lit. although dead, as if still alive (idiom); still with us in spirit

lit. to make one's way through a dangerous pass as if walking on level ground (idiom) / fig. to handle a crisis effortlessly

lit. tastes as if one is chewing wax (idiom) / fig. tasteless; insipid

as if melting

to act as if / to treat sth as if it were

to intentionally reinterpret a spoken expression as if one had misheard it, for the sake of humor (often, it is a phrase in a foreign language twisted into a similar-sounding phrase in one's native language with a completely different meaning) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 空耳 "soramimi")

like / similar to / as if

(literary) light, airy steps (as if walking on lotuses); elegant gait of a woman

as if / to seem

to join by or as if by a bridge; to bridge

(literary) to be exactly like / to be exactly as if

seems as if floating

(as a complete expression, or followed by 啦) (coll.) Yeah, right! As if!

lit. either don't do it, or don't rest (idiom) / fig. if you do it at all, you may as well go the whole hog / in for a penny, in for a pound

by no means / definitely not / as if! / yeah right!

to live in the moment (idiom) / to live every day as if it were one's last / to enjoy while one can

(used to form an adverbial phrase X + 似地) like (X); as if (X) / Taiwan pr. [si4de5]

to seem as if something is amiss (idiom)

lit. family members speak frankly with one another, not courteously, as if they were from two different families (idiom) / fig. people don't need to be deferential when they ask a family member for help / people from the same family should stick together (and good friends likewise)

as if lost in a thick fog (idiom) / in a fog / muddled / completely unfamiliar with sth

as if degenerating into smoke (idiom); ignorant and unable to see where things are heading

lit. as if weeping and complaining (idiom) / fig. (of music, singing etc) mournful

lit. as if having a fish bone stuck in one's throat (idiom) / fig. very upset and needing to express one's displeasure

lit. to wave a banner as if it were a tiger skin (idiom) / fig. to borrow sb's prestige / to take the name of a great cause as a shield

if an official does not put the people first, he might as well go home and sell sweet potatoes

to sound (old, foreign, exciting, right etc) / to ring (true) / to sound as if (i.e. to give the listener an impression) / to hear from somewhere

to weep / to howl as if at a funeral

lit. when someone tells you you're fat, you pant (as if you were actually fat) (idiom) / fig. Hey! I pay you a compliment, and you start bragging! (typically jocular and teasing) / flattery, like perfume, should be smelled, not swallowed

If sb has grasped the truth before you, take him as your teacher (Tang dynasty essayist Han Yu 韓愈｜韩愈). / We should learn from one who knows the way.

lit. as if flying / very fast