親像

See also: 亲像

Chinese

		dear; intimate; parent dear; intimate; parent; relation; closely related; parents-in-law of one's offspring	(look) like; similar (to); appearance (look) like; similar (to); appearance; to appear; to seem; image; portrait; resemble; seem
trad. (親像)		親	像
simp. (亲像)		亲	像
alternative forms		親象／亲象 田像 (chhan-chhiūⁿ) Hokkien 田象 (chhan-chhiūⁿ) Hokkien 參像／参像 (chhan-chhiūⁿ) Hokkien

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhîn-chhiong
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhin-chhiūⁿ / chhin-chhiǔⁿ / chhin-chhiōⁿ / chhan-chhiūⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cing¹ cion⁶ / cing¹ ciên⁶

• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): cin¹ zian⁵

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhîn-chhiong
    • Hakka Romanization System: qin´ qiong
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qin¹ qiong⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰin²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰi̯oŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhin-chhiūⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tshin-tshiūnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chinchviu
    • IPA (Xiamen, Singapore): /t͡sʰin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiũ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiũ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhin-chhiǔⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tshin-tshiǔnn
    • IPA (Philippines): /t͡sʰin³³ t͡sʰiũ³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰin³³ t͡sʰiũ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhin-chhiōⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tshin-tshiōnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chinchvioi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiɔ̃²²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhan-chhiūⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tshan-tshiūnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhanchviu
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiũ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cing¹ cion⁶ / cing¹ ciên⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshing tshiŏⁿ / tshing tshiĕⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sʰĩõ³⁵/, /t͡sʰiŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sʰĩẽ³⁵/

Note: cing1 ciên6 - Chaozhou.

• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: cin¹ zian⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /t͡sʰin³³ t͡si̯æn²¹⁻¹¹/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /t͡ɕʰin³³ t͡ɕi̯æn²¹⁻¹¹/

Verb

親像

1. (Hakka, Southern Min) to seem; to be like; as if

   • 講什麼我親像古早的西施 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     讲什么我亲像古早的西施 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 1992, 愛情的騙子我問你 (Cheater of Love, I Ask You), sung by 陳小雲 (Chen Hsiao-yun), lyrics by 蔣錦鴻, composed by 俞隆華

     kóng siáⁿ-mi̍h góa chhin-chhiūⁿ kó͘-chá ê Se-si [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Didn't you say I was like Xi Shi (legendary beauty) of ancient yore?

   • 你是我烏暗的心唯一的光親像是眼前的燈火 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     你是我乌暗的心唯一的光亲像是眼前的灯火 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2021, 愛情你比我想的閣較偉大 (Oh Love, You Are Much Greater Than I Imagined), from the film 當男人戀愛時 (Man in Love), arranged and performed by 茄子蛋 (EggPlantEgg), lyrics and music by 黃奇斌 (Ki-pin Ng)

     lí sī góa o͘-àm ê sim ûi-it ê kng chhin-chhiūⁿ sī gán-chiân ê teng-hóe [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     You are that one spark in my dark heart like the lights in front of my eyes

2. (Xiang) to resemble; to be similar

Synonyms

• (to seem):

• 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)
• 好像 (hǎoxiàng)
• 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)
• 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)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 好像 (“to seem like; to be as if”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		好像, 似乎, 彷彿
Mandarin	Taiwan	好像
	Malaysia	好像
	Singapore	好像
Cantonese	Hong Kong	好似
	Singapore (Guangfu)	好似
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	親像
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	親像
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	親像
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	親像
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	親像
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	親像
Southern Min	Xiamen	敢若, 敢若是, 親像
	Quanzhou	敢若, 敢若是, 親像
	Zhangzhou	親像
	Tainan	敢若
	Singapore (Hokkien)	敢若, 敢若是, 親像
	Manila (Hokkien)	較若像, 敢若像, 較若, 敢若, 敢若是, 親像, 若像, 較像

• (to resemble):

• 好像 (hǎoxiàng)
• 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)

 

Derived terms

• 一人煩惱一樣，無人煩惱親像／一人烦恼一样，无人烦恼亲像
• 拄親像／拄亲像
• 甲親像／甲亲像
• 若親像／若亲像
• 較親像／较亲像

 

Further reading

• “Entry #11940”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.