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像

xiàng

HSK 3 Character

What 像 means

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.)

Example sentences

• 忠告像盐。
  Advice is like salt.
• 爱就像氧气。
  ài jiù xiàng yǎngqì.
  Love is like oxygen.
• 你好像很忙。
  You look busy.
• 她很像她妈。
  She closely resembles her mother.
• 他好像病了。
  He seems to be sick.
• 好像她病了。
  She seemed to have been ill.

Words starting with 像

• 像样xiàng yàngpresentable; decent; up to par
• 像模像样xiàng mú xiàng yàngsolemn; presentable; decent
• 像元xiàng yuán(remote sensing) pixel
• 像章xiàng zhāngbadge; insignia; lapel badge (e.g. with miniature portrait of great national leader)
• 像话xiàng huàproper; appropriate (mostly used in the negative or in a rhetorical question)
• 像那么回事儿xiàng nà me huí shì rnot bad at all; quite impressive
• 像素xiàng sùpixel
• 像差xiàng chā(optics) aberration
• 像片xiàng piànvariant of 相片
• 像貌xiàng màovariant of 相貌

Words containing 像

• 好像hǎo xiàngas if; to seem like
• 肖像xiào xiàngportrait (painting, photo etc); (in a general sense) representation of a person; likeness
• 不像话bù xiàng huàunreasonable; shocking; outrageous
• 想像xiǎng xiàngto imagine; to envision; imagination
• 偶像ǒu xiàngidol
• 录像lù xiàngto videotape; to videorecord; video recording
• 影像yǐng xiàngimage
• 图像tú xiàngimage; picture; graphic
• 摄像机shè xiàng jīvideo camera
• 雕像diāo xiàngsculpture; (carved) statue
• 摄像shè xiàngto videotape
• 画像huà xiàngportrait; to do a portrait of sb
• 头像tóu xiàngportrait; bust; (computing) profile picture; avatar
• 音像yīn xiàngaudio and video; audiovisual
• 佛像fó xiàngBuddhist image; statue of Buddha or Bodhisattva
• 镜像jìng xiàngmirror image
• 录像带lù xiàng dàivideotape; video cassette
• 塑像sù xiàngto sculpt or mold a statue…
• 人像rén xiànglikeness of a person (sketch, photo, sculpture etc)
• 活像huó xiàngto look exactly like; to be the spitting image of
• 铜像tóng xiàngbronze statue
• 想像力xiǎng xiàng lìconception; imagination
• 倒像dào xiàng(optics) inverted image
• 神像shén xiànglikeness of a god or Buddha; (old) portrait of the deceased

Characters built on 象

These share the phonetic component 象 (xiàng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 橡xiàngoak; Quercus serrata
• 蟓xiàngsilkworm

Characters that look like 像

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 象xiàngelephant; shape; form
• 填tiánto fill or stuff; (of a form etc) to fill in
• 缘yuáncause; reason; karma
• 慷kāngused in 慷慨
• 慑shè(bound form) to fear; to be cowed; (bound form) to frighten; to intimidate; Taiwan pr. zhé

Sounds the same

Read xiàng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 向towards; to face; to turn towards
• 象elephant; shape; form
• 项back of neck; item; thing
• 橡oak; Quercus serrata
• 巷lane; alley
• 相appearance; portrait; picture
• 蟓silkworm
• 珦a kind of jade
• 衖variant of 巷