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像

xiàng · xiang

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 2Old HSK 3

Meaning

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  1. to resemble
  2. to be like
  3. to look as if
  4. such as
  5. appearance
  6. image
  7. portrait
  8. image under a mapping (math.)
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Who does he look like?

  1. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)看(kàn)，那个(nàge)人(rén)像(xiàng)不(bù)像(xiàng)你(nǐ)？

    Look, does that person look like you?

  2. Dengdeng

    哪里(nǎlǐ)像(xiàng)？他(tā)比(bǐ)我(wǒ)高(gāo)多了(duōle)。

    Where? He is much taller than me.

  3. Liangliang

    脸(liǎn)很(hěn)像(xiàng)啊(a)，笑起来(xiàoqǐlai)也(yě)像(xiàng)。

    The faces are alike, and the smile too.

  4. Dengdeng

    真的(zhēnde)吗(ma)？我(wǒ)觉得(juéde)他(tā)像(xiàng)个(gè)大明星(dàmíngxīng)。

    Really? I think he looks like a big star.

  5. Liangliang

    对(duì)，像(xiàng)一个(yīgè)没(méi)睡好(shuìhǎo)的(de)大明星(dàmíngxīng)。

    Yes, like a big star who slept badly.

  6. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)昨天(zuótiān)真的(zhēnde)没(méi)睡好(shuìhǎo)。

    I really did not sleep well yesterday.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

她(tā)笑(xiào)起(qǐ)来(lái)像(xiàng)她(tā)妈(mā)妈(ma)。

She looks like her mother when she smiles.

02

这(zhè)个(ge)城(chéng)市(shì)有(yǒu)很(hěn)多(duō)像(xiàng)这(zhè)样(yàng)的(de)老(lǎo)房(fáng)子(zi)。

This city has many old houses like this one.

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