(hǎo xiàng) - it seems like, apparently, as if in Mandarin
hǎoxiàngTraditional: 好像
Translation
it seems like, apparently, as if
Word origin
好像 combines 好 (hǎo, 'good') with 像 (xiàng, 'to resemble, image'); together it means 'to seem like' or 'as if'. 像 is a phono-semantic compound built from 亻(person radical) plus 象 (xiàng, 'elephant, image') as phonetic.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 好 (hǎo, good) + 像 (xiàng, to resemble)
Stroke order
好
像
Examples
。
It seems like he is not coming.
。
You seem tired.
。
This seems wrong.
雨。
It seems like it is going to rain today.
。
She seems to be angry.
好像 (hǎo xiàng) means it seems like, apparently, as if. It is used as a adverb in everyday Mandarin speech.
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