# Dường như: it seems in Vietnamese (B2)

> Dường như means "it seems, apparently". It turns a statement into an impression: Dường như thị trường đã bắt đầu phục hồi (it seems the market has begun…

Source: https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/duong-nhu/ · Updated 2026-10-17

**it seems**

Pattern: `Dường như + [sentence] · [subject] + dường như + [verb]`

Level: B2 (our estimate) · Register: formal · Medium: written

Typed without accents: duong nhu

*Dường như* means "it seems, apparently". It turns a statement into an impression: *Dường như thị trường đã bắt đầu phục hồi* (it seems the market has begun to recover). It can open the sentence, as there, or sit after the subject, before the verb: *Giá nhà dường như không giảm* (house prices don't seem to be falling).

It's mainly a written word. You'll meet it in news features and analysis, opinion pieces, papers and fiction, wherever a writer wants to offer a view as an observation rather than a fact. In a paper, it softens a conclusion: *Yếu tố này dường như có ảnh hưởng …* (this factor seems to have an effect …). It combines naturally with *đã* (seems to have): *Lời cảnh báo dường như đã bị bỏ qua* (the warning seems to have been ignored).

In speech, use *hình như* or *có vẻ*. *Hình như* is for what you half know or half remember: *Hình như ảnh bệnh rồi* (I think he's ill; in Hà Nội, *Hình như anh ấy ốm rồi*). *Có vẻ* is about how things look: *Chị có vẻ mệt* (you look tired). *Dường như* can do both jobs, but only on the page; said aloud, it sounds like reading from a book.

## Examples

- Dường như thị trường bất động sản đã bắt đầu phục hồi sau hai năm trầm lắng. — It seems the property market has begun to recover after two quiet years.
- Những lời cảnh báo về nguy cơ sạt lở dường như đã bị bỏ qua. — The warnings about the risk of landslides seem to have been ignored.
- Giới trẻ dường như ngày càng ít quan tâm đến báo in. — Young people seem less and less interested in printed newspapers.
- Thu nhập dường như không phải là yếu tố quyết định sự hài lòng trong công việc. — Income does not seem to be the deciding factor in job satisfaction.

## Compare

- [It seems: hình như, có vẻ](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/co-ve-seems/): seems

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