像

Meaning(verb, preposition, noun, adverb)

to resemble; to be like; to look as if; such as; appearance; image; portrait; image under a mapping (math.)

Examples

• 你长得很像你妈妈。

  nǐ cháng dé hěn xiàng nǐ mā ma.

  You look a lot like your mom.

• 她笑得像个孩子。

  tā xiào dé xiàng gè hái zi.

  She laughs like a child.

• 天这么黑，像要下雨了。

  tiān zhè me hēi, xiàng yào xià yǔ le.

  It's so dark, it looks like it's going to rain.

Easily confused

• 象 — 像 (person radical) means 'resemble/image'; 象 means 'elephant' and appears in 现象, 印象 — easily confused.

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