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好像 hǎoxiàng

好像 hǎoxiàng Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 2 English Translations of the word 好像 hǎoxiàng .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
hǎoxiàng | hao3 xiang4
English translation
as if
to seem like

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Traditional form

好像 hǎoxiàng

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí
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Etymology of 好像 hǎoxiàng

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hǎo

Type

ideographic

Explanation

It is good ( hǎo ) for a woman () and her child () to be together.

Positional decomposition

女子 nǚ zǐ

Number of Strokes

6
xiàng

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

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

Phonetic compound

xiàng

Semantic compound

rén

Positional decomposition

亻象

Number of Strokes

13

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Example sentences using 好像 hǎoxiàng

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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.

只是 zhǐ shì zài 那儿 nà r xiā 转悠 zhuàn you , 好像 hǎoxiàng diū le hún 似的 shìde .

I only wandered purposelessly about, like one out of his mind.

不停 bù tíng gěi 他们 tā men dǎo chá ,回绝 huí jué 的话 de huà yòu 好像 hǎoxiàng méi 礼貌 lǐmào .

She offered them cups of tea and It'seemed churlish to refuse.

她们 tā men liǎ chǔ 好像 hǎoxiàng 亲姐妹一样 yīyàng .

The two of them were as intimate as sisters.

好像 hǎoxiàng Decomposition

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好像 hǎoxiàng Compounds

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