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xiàng
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.)
HSK 3 Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 14 strokes

Example Sentences (9)

今晚的月亮真漂亮,像白色的盘子一样。
Jīn wǎn de yuèliang zhēn piàoliang,xiàng báisè de pánzi yíyàng.
The moon tonight is really beautiful, like a white plate.
Text 3
那个拿着碗吃饭的人是你哥哥吗?他和你长得真像。
nà ge ná zhe wǎn chī fàn de rén shì nǐ gē ge ma?tā hé nǐ zhǎng de zhēn xiàng.
Is the person eating from a bowl your older brother? He really looks like you.
Text 3
你看她鼻子小小的,头发黑黑的,长得像谁?
nǐ kàn tā bízi xiǎo xiǎo de,tóufa hēi hēi de,zhǎng de xiàng shéi?
Look, her nose is small and her hair is black. Who does she look like?
Text 2
女儿变化不小,她小时候喜欢短头发,像男孩子一样。
Nǚ'ér biànhuà bù xiǎo, tā xiǎo shíhou xǐhuan duǎn tóufa, xiàng nán háizi yíyàng.
My daughter has changed a lot. When she was little, she liked short hair, like a boy.
Text 1
老年人说:浪漫其实就像歌中唱的那样,“我能想到最浪漫的事,就是和你一起慢慢变老。”
lǎo nián rén shuō:làng màn qí shí jiù xiàng gē zhōng chàng de nà yàng,"wǒ néng xiǎng dào zuì làng màn de shì,jiù shì hé nǐ yì qǐ màn màn biàn lǎo."
Elderly people say: Romance is actually just like the song says, 'The most romantic thing I can think of is to slowly grow old with you.'
Text 4
你们两个除了长得像,还有什么相同的地方?
Nǐmen liǎng gè chúle zhǎng de xiàng, hái yǒu shénme xiāngtóng de dìfang?
Besides looking alike, what else do you two have in common?
Text 3
像她爸爸,刚出生时她爸爸高兴得一个晚上都没睡着。
Xiàng tā bàba,gāng chūshēng shí tā bàba gāoxìng de yí gè wǎnshang dōu méi shuì zháo.
Like her dad, when she was just born, her dad was so happy that he didn’t sleep all night.
Text 2
我也想起来了。她现在慢慢地开始像个女孩子了。
Wǒ yě xiǎng qǐlái le. Tā xiànzài mànmàn de kāishǐ xiàng gè nǚ háizi le.
I also remembered. She is now slowly starting to look like a girl.
Text 1
他今天穿蓝西服,看上去像40多岁,还是穿运动服让他更年轻。
Tā jīn tiān chuān lán xī fú, kàn shàng qù xiàng sì shí duō suì, hái shì chuān yùn dòng fú ràng tā gèng nián qīng.
He's wearing a blue suit today; he looks in his forties; wearing sportswear makes him look younger.
Text 2

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
293
Word Frequency Rank
116 of 84,292