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像样

xiàng yàng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 像樣

像样 (xiàng yàng) means "presentable; decent; up to par". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 像样 means

1. presentable
2. decent
3. up to par

The characters in 像样

• 像xiàngto resemble; to be like; to look as if
• 样yàngmanner; pattern; way

Example sentences

• 汤姆穿得还挺像样的，对吧？
  Tom is presentable, isn't he?

Words containing 像样

• 不像样bù xiàng yàngin no shape to be seen; unpresentable; beyond recognition

Sounds the same

Read xiàng yàng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 象样variant of 像样

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xiàng yàng correctly.
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