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xiàng

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xiàng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiàng | xiang4
English translation
to resemble
to be like
to look as if
such as
appearance
image
portrait
image under a mapping (math.)
picture, image, figure; to resemble

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About xiàng

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

xiàng

Contains the radical

rén

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

person

Etymology of xiàng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

亻象

Semantic compound

rén

Phonetic compound

xiàng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. rén represents the meaning and xiàng represents the sound.

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Example sentences using xiàng

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dōu 帮忙 bāngmáng .他们 tā men ài 这个 zhè ge . duō zán 他们 tā men xiàng le 一摊,他们 tā men cái 觉得 juéde shǎng le suàn ,他们 tā men 满意 mǎnyì , Huán zuò 义务 yìwù de 宣传 xuānchuán .

They were pleased and satisfied; they advertised me to their friends.

de liǎn ,好象 hǎo xiàng 墨西哥 Mò xī gē 印第安人 Yìn dì ān rén (阿兹 Tái 克人) diāo jiā shì 着刻出来 chū lái de 塞巴斯蒂安 Sāi bā sī dì ān 的雕 xiàng .

He has the face as though an Aztec sculptor had attempted a portrait of Seba stian.

教起 Shū lái xiàng 鸭子 yā zi 下水 xià shuǐ bān de 轻而易举 qīng ér yì jǔ .

She's taken to teaching like a duck to water.

现在 xiànzài de 衣服 yīfu 好像 hǎoxiàng 很快 jiù 穿 chuān le .

Clothing seems to wear out in no time nowadays.

qiáo zhè 样子 yàngzi 好像 hǎoxiàng yǒu 什么 shénme 重大 zhòngdà 发现 fāxiàn 似的 shìde .

You're acting as if you struck oil.

Words with xiàng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
xiàng to resemble xiàng
好像 hǎoxiàng as if好像 hǎoxiàng
偶像 ǒuxiàng idol偶像 ǒuxiàng
录像 lù xiàng to videotape錄像
像素 xiàng sù pixel像素 xiàng sù
图像 tú xiàng image圖像
影像 yǐng xiàng image影像 yǐng xiàng
摄像 shè xiàng to videotape攝像
摄像机 shè xiàng jī video camera攝像機
头像 tóu xiàng portrait頭像
神像 shén xiàng image of a God神像 shén xiàng
录像带 lù xiàng dài video cassette錄像帶
摄像头 shè xiàng tóu webcam攝像頭
雕像 diāo xiàng sculpture雕像 diāo xiàng
成像 chéng xiàng imaging成像 chéng xiàng
音像 yīn xiàng audio and video音像 yīn xiàng
画像 huà xiàng portrait畫像
像样 xiàng yàng decent像樣
想像 xiǎng xiàng to imagine想像 xiǎng xiàng
肖像 xiàoxiàng likeness肖像 xiàoxiàng
塑像 sù xiàng (molded or modeled) statue塑像 sù xiàng
想像力 xiǎng xiàng lì conception想像力 xiǎng xiàng lì
相像 xiāng xiàng to be alike相像 xiāng xiàng
录像机 lù xiàng jī VCR錄像機
铜像 tóng xiàng bronze statue銅像

xiàng Decomposition & Compounds

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xiàng Decomposition

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