像

像 xiàng in a sentence

Image (portrait - resemble - is like)

Full dictionary entry HSK 3 51 sentences

像 (xiàng) means Image (portrait - resemble - is like). Below are 24 of the 51 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

他很 像 他爸爸。

Tā hěn xiàng tā bàba.

He looks a lot like his father.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 像

这个孩子 像 妈妈,眼睛很大。

Zhège háizi xiàng māma, yǎnjing hěn dà.

This child takes after her mother — big eyes.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 像

他好 像 不太高兴。

Tā hǎoxiàng bú tài gāoxìng.

He does not seem very happy.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 好像

天好 像 要下雨了。

Tiān hǎoxiàng yào xià yǔ le.

It looks as if it is going to rain.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 好像

我们 像 兄弟一样。

Wǒmen xiàng xiōngdì yíyàng.

We are like brothers.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 兄弟

他跟父亲长得很 像 。

Tā gēn fùqin zhǎng de hěn xiàng.

He looks a lot like his father.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 父亲

这一切就 像 一个梦。

Zhè yíqiè jiù xiàng yí ge mèng.

All of this is like a dream.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 梦

外面好 像 有人敲门。

Wàimiàn hǎoxiàng yǒu rén qiāo mén.

It sounds as if someone is knocking at the door.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 敲

他 像 小孩似的笑了。

Tā xiàng xiǎohái shìde xiào le.

He laughed like a child.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 似的

天热得 像 夏天似的。

Tiān rè de xiàng xiàtiān shìde.

It is as hot as summer.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 似的

这尊 像 是用铜做的。

Zhè zūn xiàng shì yòng tóng zuò de.

This statue is made of bronze.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 铜

墙上挂着一幅肖 像 。

Qiáng shang guàzhe yì fú xiàoxiàng.

A portrait hangs on the wall.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 肖像

我们好 像 走错方向了。

Wǒmen hǎoxiàng zǒu cuò fāngxiàng le.

It seems we have gone the wrong way.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 方向

他跑得简直 像 风一样。

Tā pǎo de jiǎnzhí xiàng fēng yíyàng.

He runs quite simply like the wind.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 简直

这台秤好 像 有点不准。

Zhè tái chèng hǎoxiàng yǒudiǎn bù zhǔn.

These scales seem to be a little inaccurate.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 秤

这里有摄 像 头在监视。

Zhèlǐ yǒu shèxiàngtóu zài jiānshì.

There are cameras monitoring here.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 监视

这位画家擅长画肖 像 。

Zhè wèi huàjiā shàncháng huà xiàoxiàng.

This painter specialises in portraits.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 肖像

露珠 像 珍珠一样闪亮。

Lùzhū xiàng zhēnzhū yíyàng shǎnliàng.

The dewdrops glisten like pearls.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 珍珠

他好 像 成心跟我过不去。

Tā hǎoxiàng chéngxīn gēn wǒ guò bu qù.

It seems he is deliberately making things hard for me.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 成心

听口音他好 像 是南方人。

Tīng kǒuyīn tā hǎoxiàng shì nánfāngrén.

By his accent he seems to be from the south.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 口音

他急得 像 热锅上的蚂蚁。

Tā jí de xiàng rè guō shang de mǎyǐ.

He was as agitated as an ant on a hot pan.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 蚂蚁

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From the graded readers

现在这个房间已经 像 我的家了。

xiànzài zhège fángjiān yǐjīng xiàng wǒ de(possessive) jiā le / liǎo / liào.

Now the room already feels like home.

Graded reader · HSK 2 · My New Room

那个声音又重又慢, 像 有人在搬东西。

nèigè shēngyīn yòu zhòng / chóng yòu màn, xiàng yǒurén zài bān dōngxī.

It was heavy and slow, like someone moving furniture.

Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Neighbour Upstairs

我停了大概三秒钟——那三秒钟对我来说 像 三个小时。

wǒ tíng le / liǎo / liào dàgài sān miǎo zhōng—— nà / nèi sān miǎo zhōng duì wǒ láishuō xiàng sān gè xiǎoshí.

I stopped for about three seconds — three seconds that felt like three hours to me.

Graded reader · HSK 4 · My First Speech

像 appears in 51 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.

Words that contain 像

Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.

Questions about 像

How is 像 used in a sentence?

This page shows 51 sentences using 像 (xiàng, "Image (portrait - resemble - is like)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Why do some sentences show 像 inside a longer word?

Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 像 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.

Is 像 an HSK word?

Yes — 像 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.

Where can I see the full entry for 像?

The dictionary page for 像 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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