不像

xiàng

Traditional: 不像

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Translation

to not resemble, to be unlike, not like

Word origin

A compound of the negative 不 (bù) and the verb 像 (xiàng, to resemble, to be like), giving the sense of not resembling something.

Origin
compound
Root
不 (bù, not) + 像 (xiàng, to resemble)

Stroke order

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Examples

He does not look like his father.

Today's weather is not like summer.

This is not like you at all.

zuò

This house is not as big as it looked in the photo.

The way he speaks does not seem like a teacher.

不像 (bú xiàng) means to not resemble or to be unlike something, the negation of 像. It also softens into "it is not like..." when commenting that a situation or behaviour is out of character.

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This word is part of lesson 40.