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象

xiàng

HSK 4 Character Measure word 只

What 象 means

1. elephant
2. shape
3. form
4. appearance
5. to imitate

Example sentences

• 大象很大。
  The elephant is big.
• 神是大象。
  God is an elephant.
• 好象是认识。
  Hǎoxiàng shì rènshi.
  Seems like we do know each other.
• 你喜欢大象。
  You like elephants.
• 大象鼻子长。
  An elephant has a long nose.
• 那是个好迹象。
  Nàshi gè hǎo jìxiàng.
  That's a good sign.

Words starting with 象

• 象征xiàng zhēngsymbol; emblem; to symbolize; to signify; to represent
• 象棋xiàng qíChinese chess
• 象征性xiàng zhēng xìngsymbolic; emblem; token
• 象牙xiàng yáivory; elephant tusk
• 象形xiàng xíngpictogram; one of the Six Methods 六书 of forming Chinese characters…
• 象牙塔xiàng yá tǎivory tower
• 象形文字xiàng xíng wén zìpictogram; hieroglyph
• 象草xiàng cǎoelephant grass; napier grass
• 象限xiàng xiàn(math) quadrant (of the coordinate plane)
• 象形字xiàng xíng zìpictogram (one of the Six Methods 六书 of forming Chinese characters)…
• 象山区Xiàng shān QūXiangshan, a district of Guilin City 桂林市
• 象征主义xiàng zhēng zhǔ yìsymbolism
• 象皮病xiàng pí bìng(medicine) elephantiasis
• 象声词xiàng shēng cíonomatopoeia
• 象牙海岸Xiàng yá Hǎi ànCôte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast (Tw)
• 象甲xiàng jiǎweevil; snout beetle
• 象山县Xiàng shān XiànXiangshan, a county in Ningbo City 宁波市
• 象州县Xiàng zhōu XiànXiangzhou, a county in Laibin City 来宾市
• 象虫xiàng chóngweevil; snout beetle
• 象鼻山Xiàng bí ShānElephant Trunk Hill in Guilin, Guangxi
• 象鼻虫xiàng bí chóngweevil; snout beetle
• 象棋赛xiàng qí sàiChinese chess tournament
• 象海豹xiàng hǎi bàoelephant seal
• 象拔蚌xiàng bá bàngelephant trunk clam; geoduck (Panopea abrupta), large clam with a long proboscis…

Words containing 象

• 印象yìn xiàngimpression (sth that stays in one's mind); a memory
• 现象xiàn xiàngphenomenon; appearance
• 形象xíng xiàngimage; form; figure
• 想象xiǎng xiàngto imagine; to envision; imagination
• 对象duì xiàngtarget; object; partner; boyfriend; girlfriend
• 抽象chōu xiàngabstract; abstraction
• 大象dà xiàngelephant
• 好象hǎo xiàngto seem; to be like (variant of 好像
• 迹象jì xiàngsign; indication; mark; indicator
• 气象qì xiàngmeteorological condition; weather; meteorology; atmosphere; ambience; scene
• 景象jǐng xiàngscene; sight (to behold)
• 想象力xiǎng xiàng lìimagination
• 意象yì xiàngimage; imagery
• 表象biǎo xiàngoutward appearance; superficial; (philosophy, psychology) representation
• 假象jiǎ xiàngfalse appearance; facade
• 万象wàn xiàngevery manifestation of nature
• 印象派yìn xiàng pàiimpressionism
• 幻象huàn xiàngillusion
• 找对象zhǎo duì xiàngto seek a marriage partner; looking for a mate
• 不象话bù xiàng huàunreasonable; shocking; outrageous
• 天象tiān xiàngmeteorological or astronomical phenomenon (e.g. rainbow or eclipse)
• 包罗万象bāo luó wàn xiàngall-embracing; all-inclusive
• 国际象棋guó jì xiàng qíchess
• 具象jù xiàngtangible image; concrete; representational (art)

Characters that look like 象

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

• 像xiàngto resemble; to be like; to look as if
• 氮dànnitrogen (chemistry)
• 栗lì(literary) cold; chilly; (bound form) to tremble with fear
• 氦hàihelium (chemistry)
• 氰qíngcyanogen (CN)2; ethanedinitrile; Taiwan pr. qīng
• 氪kèkrypton (chemistry)

Sounds the same

Read xiàng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 向towards; to face; to turn towards
• 像to resemble; to be like; to look as if
• 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