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样子

yàng zi

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 樣子

样子 (yàng zi) means "appearance". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 样子 means

1. appearance
2. manner
3. pattern
4. model

The characters in 样子

• 样yàngmanner; pattern; way
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子

Example sentences

• 这样子我一箭双雕。
  That way I kill two birds with one stone.
• 我喜欢你笑得样子。
  I like the way you smile.
• 你觉得那样子行吗？
  You want to leave it like that?
• 她看起来头痛的样子。
  Tā kànqǐlai tóutòng de yàngzi.
  She appears to have a headache.

Words containing 样子

• 看样子kàn yàng ziit seems; it looks as if
• 不成样子bù chéng yàng zishapeless; deformed; ruined
• 成样子chéng yàng ziseemly; presentable
• 这样子zhè yàng ziso; such; this way
• 老样子lǎo yàng ziold situation; things as they were
• 摆样子bǎi yàng zito do sth for show; to keep up appearances

Where 样子 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Appearance & physical state (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yàng zi correctly.
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