像

xiàng · xiang

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. to resemble
  2. to be like
  3. to look as if
  4. such as
  5. appearance
  6. image
  7. portrait
  8. image under a mapping (math.)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

她(tā)笑(xiào)起(qǐ)来(lái)像(xiàng)她(tā)妈(mā)妈(ma)。

She looks like her mother when she smiles.

02

这(zhè)个(ge)城(chéng)市(shì)有(yǒu)很(hěn)多(duō)像(xiàng)这(zhè)样(yàng)的(de)老(lǎo)房(fáng)子(zi)。

This city has many old houses like this one.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.

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