# 似曾相识 (sìcéngxiāngshí)

In Mandarin Chinese, 似曾相识 (sìcéngxiāngshí) means “seemingly familiar; deja vu”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: seemingly familiar; deja vu
- Pinyin: sìcéngxiāngshí (si4 ceng2 xiang1 shi2)
- Traditional: 似曾相識
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 这段旋律听起来似曾相识。
  Zhè duàn xuánlǜ tīng qǐlái sìcéng-xiāngshí.
  This melody sounds strangely familiar to me.

## Characters

- 似 (sì): to seem; to appear
- [曾](https://hanziro.com/word/ceng-once/) (céng): once; ever
- 相 (xiàng): appearance; portrait
- [识](https://hanziro.com/word/shi-know/) (shí): to know; to recognize

https://hanziro.com/word/si-ceng-xiang-shi-seemingly-familiar/

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