好像

Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	(look) like; similar (to); appearance (look) like; similar (to); appearance; to appear; to seem; image; portrait; resemble; seem
trad. (好像)		好	像
simp. #(好像)		好	像
alternative forms		好象

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎoxiàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou² zoeng⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hó-chhiǔⁿ / hó-chhiūⁿ / hó-chhiōⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎoxiàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎosiàng
    • Wade–Giles: hao³-hsiang⁴
    • Yale: hǎu-syàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haoshianq
    • Palladius: хаосян (xaosjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou² zoeng⁶
    • Yale: hóu jeuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou² dzoeng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou² zêng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ t͡sœːŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-chhiǔⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hó-tshiǔnn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ho⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiũ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-chhiūⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hó-tshiūnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoychviu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiũ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-chhiōⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hó-tshiōnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoychvioi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiɔ̃²²/

Verb

好像

1. to seem; to be like; as if
2. to be similar (to); to be analogous (to)

Synonyms

• (to seem):

(deprecated template usage)

• 不啻 (bùchì) (literary)
• 似 (ci⁵) (Cantonese, Classical Chinese)
• 似乎 (sìhū)
• 似如 (si⁴ y²) (Xiang)
• 像 (xiàng)
• 像係／像系 (Hakka)
• 像是 (xiàngshì)
• 儼如／俨如 (yǎnrú) (literary)
• 儼然／俨然 (yǎnrán)
• 儼若／俨若 (yǎnruò) (literary)
• 勝如／胜如 (⁵sen-zy) (Wu)
• 好似 (hǎosì)
• 如同 (rútóng)
• 好比 (hǎobǐ)
• 宛 (Classical Chinese, or compounds only)
• 宛如 (wǎnrú) (literary)
• 宛然 (wǎnrán) (literary)
• 宛若 (wǎnruò) (literary)
• 就像 (jiùxiàng)
• 彷彿／仿佛 (fǎngfú)
• 忽如 (hūrú) (literary)
• 恍若 (huǎngruò)
• 敢若 (Hokkien)
• 敢若是 (Hokkien)
• 𣍐輸／𫧃输 (bē-su) (Hokkien)
• 有如 (yǒurú) (formal)
• 猶似／犹似 (yóusì) (literary)
• 猶像／犹像 (yóuxiàng) (literary)
• 猶如／犹如 (yóurú) (formal)
• 甲像 (Hokkien)
• 甲像是 (Hokkien)
• 甲親像／甲亲像 (Hokkien)
• 看上去 (kàn shàngqù)
• 看似 (kànsì)
• 看來／看来 (kànlái)
• 看樣子／看样子 (kànyàngzi)
• 看起來／看起来 (kànqilai)
• 若 (Classical Chinese, or compounds only)
• 若像 (Hokkien)
• 若親像／若亲像 (Hokkien)
• 表面上 (biǎomiànshang)
• 親像／亲像 (Hakka, Hokkien)
• 象 (xiàng)
• 貌似 (màosì)
• 賽可／赛可 (Ningbonese)
• 較像／较像 (Hokkien)
• 較像是／较像是 (Hokkien)
• 較親像／较亲像 (Hokkien)
• 顯得／显得 (xiǎnde)

 

• (to be similar):

(deprecated template usage)

• 嫌 (xián) (literary, or in compounds)
• 接近 (jiējìn)
• 相仿 (xiāngfǎng)
• 相似 (xiāngsì)
• 相像 (xiāngxiàng)
• 相若 (xiāngruò)
• 相近 (xiāngjìn)
• 相類／相类 (xiānglèi)
• 近似 (jìnsì)
• 逼肖 (bīxiào) (literary, to bear a close resemblance to)
• 隨／随 (suí) (Northern Mandarin, of a parent in appearance or disposition)
• 類似／类似 (lèisì)

 

Related terms

• 好比 (hǎobǐ)
• 活像 (huóxiàng)

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