好像

好像 hǎoxiàng in a sentence

Seems like (apparently)

Full dictionary entry HSK 4 4 sentences

好像 (hǎoxiàng) means Seems like (apparently). Below are 4 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

好像 不太高兴。

Tā hǎoxiàng bú tài gāoxìng.

He does not seem very happy.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 好像

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.

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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

Questions about 好像

How is 好像 used in a sentence?

This page shows 4 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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