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肖像

xiào xiàng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

肖像 (xiào xiàng) means "portrait (painting, photo etc); (in a general sense) representation of a person; likeness". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 肖像 means

1. portrait (painting, photo etc)
2. (in a general sense) representation of a person
3. likeness

The characters in 肖像

• 肖xiàosimilar; resembling; to resemble
• 像xiàngto resemble; to be like; to look as if

Example sentences

• 墙上有一张鲍勃的肖像画。
  There is a portrait of Bob on the wall.
• 墙上挂着一幅鲍勃的肖像。
  There is a portrait of Bob on the wall.
• 墙上挂着 Bob 的肖像画。
  There is a portrait of Bob on the wall.
• 国王的肖像揭晓，收获了热烈的掌声。
  The king’s portrait was unveiled to great applause.
• 我的一个朋友请了个着名画家给妻子画肖像。
  A friend of mine commissioned a well-known artist to paint a portrait of his wife.
• 我的一个朋友委托一位知名画家给他的妻子画肖像。
  Wǒ de yī gè péngyou wěituō yī wèi zhīmíng huàjiā gěi tā de qīzi huà xiàoxiàng.
  A friend of mine commissioned a well-known artist to paint a portrait of his wife.

Words starting with 肖像

• 肖像权xiào xiàng quánportrait rights; right to one's image

Where 肖像 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · xiàng–xiào (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
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