像樣

Chinese

		(look) like; similar (to); appearance (look) like; similar (to); appearance; to appear; to seem; image; portrait; resemble; seem	manner; pattern; way manner; pattern; way; appearance; shape
trad. (像樣)		像	樣
simp. (像样)		像	样

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàngyàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄧㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng⁶ joeng^6-2
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhiong-yong
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiūⁿ-iūⁿ / chhiǔⁿ-iūⁿ / chhiōⁿ-iōⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàngyàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàngyàng
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang⁴-yang⁴
    • Yale: syàng-yàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianqyanq
    • Palladius: сянъян (sjanʺjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɑŋ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (像樣兒／像样儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàngyàngr
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄧㄤˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàngyàngr
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang⁴-yang⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: syàng-yàngr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianqyanql
    • Palladius: сянъянр (sjanʺjanr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɑ̃ɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoeng⁶ joeng^6-2
    • Yale: jeuhng yéung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng⁶ joeng^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêng⁶ yêng^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːŋ²² jœːŋ²²⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiong-yong
    • Hakka Romanization System: qiong iong
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qiong⁴ yong⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯oŋ⁵⁵ i̯oŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiong-yong
    • Hakka Romanization System: qiong (r)iong
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qiong⁴ yong⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯oŋ⁵⁵ (j)i̯oŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiūⁿ-iūⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tshiūnn-iūnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chviux'viu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiũ²²⁻²¹ iũ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiǔⁿ-iūⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tshiǔnn-iūnn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiũ²² iũ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiōⁿ-iōⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tshiōnn-iōnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chvioix'vioi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɔ̃²²⁻²¹ iɔ̃²²/

Adjective

像樣

1. presentable; decent; up to par

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 似樣／似样

Derived terms

• 不像樣／不像样 (bùxiàngyàng)