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好像

hǎo xiàng · hao xiang

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 2Old HSK 4

Meaning

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  1. as if
  2. to seem like
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Someone is singing

  1. Dengdeng

    好像(hǎoxiàng)有(yǒu)人(rén)在(zài)唱歌(chànggē)。

    It seems someone is singing.

  2. Liangliang

    是吗(shìma)？我(wǒ)没(méi)听见(tīngjiàn)。

    Really? I did not hear anything.

  3. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)听(tīng)，好像(hǎoxiàng)是(shì)一首(yīshǒu)老(lǎo)歌(gē)。

    Listen, it seems to be an old song.

  4. Liangliang

    啊(a)……那(nà)是(shì)我(wǒ)的(de)手机(shǒujī)铃声(língshēng)。

    Ah... that is my phone's ringtone.

  5. Dengdeng

    难怪(nánguài)听起来(tīngqilai)这么(zhème)近(jìn)。

    No wonder it sounded so close.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

他(tā)说(shuō)得(de)好(hǎo)像(xiàng)知(zhī)道(dào)这(zhè)个(ge)秘(mì)密(mì)一(yí)样(yàng)。

He talks as if he knew the secret.

Tatoeba: Chinese by popolady · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

天(tiān)阴(yīn)了(le)，好(hǎo)像(xiàng)要(yào)下(xià)雨(yǔ)。

It's gotten cloudy; it looks like it's going to rain.

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好
hǎo

good; appropriate; proper

像
xiàng

to resemble; to be like

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