Character breakdown
Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.
How to learn 仿佛
Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.
When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.
Words with the same characters
Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.
to imitate; to copy; to emulate; to mimic; model
仿fǎngto imitate; to copy; used in 彷彿|仿佛[fang3 fu2]; (Note: While 仿 is not officially designated as the simplified form of 彷, it serves as the de facto simplification when 彷 is pronounced fǎng.); variant of 仿[fang3]
仿真fǎngzhēnto emulate; to simulate; emulation; simulation
仿制fǎngzhìto copy; to imitate; to make by imitating a model
佛fóBuddha; Buddhism (abbr. for 佛陀[Fo2 tuo2])
效仿xiàofǎngsee 仿傚|仿效[fang3 xiao4]