in English

xiàng verb, adverb, noun HSK 3
to resemble / to be like / to look as if / such as / appearance / image / portrait / image under a mapping (math.)

Measure word

  • (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual attested in use
  • zhī to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money; classifier for rods such as pens and guns... attested in use

Stroke order

Le caractère 像 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ
Numbered strokes
Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 像 Show the animation

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

How it used to be written

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

Examples

  • Delbert 好像有点神不守舍。

    I think that Delbert is crazy.

  • Jiro好像错过了火车。

    Jiro seems to have missed the train.

  • Nancy很像我的大姐。

    Nancy looks like my sister.

  • Tatoeba:好像怪客入侵还不够似的。

    Tatoeba: As if the geek invasion wasn't enough.

  • 一個完美的地圖必須要像它所代表的領土一樣大。

    A perfect map would have to be as big as the territory it represents.

  • 不要像一个孩子一样哭泣了。

    There's no need to cry like a child.

  • 不要哭得像个孩子似的。

    Don't cry like a child!

  • 世界上并没有所谓完美的句子。就好像没有完美的绝望一样。

    There's no such thing as a perfect sentence. Just as there's no such thing as perfect despair.

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