好像 (hǎoxiàng) means Seems like (apparently). Below are 14 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
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
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
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
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
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
他的问题 好像 无穷无尽。
Tā de wèntí hǎoxiàng wúqióngwújìn.
His questions seem endless.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 无穷无尽
他 好像 凭空蒸发了一样。
Tā hǎoxiàng píngkōng zhēngfā le yíyàng.
He seemed to have vanished into thin air.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 蒸发
天气沉闷, 好像 要下雨了。
Tiānqì chénmèn, hǎoxiàng yào xià yǔ le.
The weather is close and heavy, as if it is about to rain.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 沉闷
他说话吞吞吐吐, 好像 有难处。
Tā shuōhuà tūntūntǔtǔ, hǎoxiàng yǒu nánchu.
He hummed and hawed as if he were in difficulty.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 吞吞吐吐
他眨了眨眼睛, 好像 不太相信。
Tā zhǎ le zhǎ yǎnjing, hǎoxiàng bú tài xiāngxìn.
He blinked as if he could hardly believe it.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 眨
他在门口东张西望, 好像 在等人。
Tā zài ménkǒu dōngzhāngxīwàng, hǎoxiàng zài děng rén.
He looked around in every direction at the door, as if waiting for someone.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 东张西望
他把黑白颠倒,说得 好像 自己没错。
Tā bǎ hēi bái diāndǎo, shuō de hǎoxiàng zìjǐ méi cuò.
He turned black into white and made it sound as if he were blameless.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 颠倒
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How is 好像 used in a sentence?
This page shows 14 sentences using 好像 (hǎoxiàng, "Seems like (apparently)"), 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.
Is 好像 an HSK word?
Yes — 好像 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 好像?
The dictionary page for 好像 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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