好像

Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	(look) like; similar (to); appearance (look) like; similar (to); appearance; to appear; to seem; image; portrait; resemble; seem
trad. (好像)		好	像
simp. #(好像)		好	像
alternative forms		好象

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎoxiàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou² zoeng⁶

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hó-chhiǔⁿ / hó-chhiūⁿ / hó-chhiōⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎoxiàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎosiàng
    • Wade–Giles: hao³-hsiang⁴
    • Yale: hǎu-syàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haoshianq
    • Palladius: хаосян (xaosjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou² zoeng⁶
    • Yale: hóu jeuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou² dzoeng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou² zêng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ t͡sœːŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-chhiǔⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hó-tshiǔnn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ho⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiũ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-chhiūⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hó-tshiūnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoychviu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiũ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-chhiōⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hó-tshiōnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoychvioi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiɔ̃²²/

Verb

好像

1. to seem; to be like; as if

   我突然發現我們好像上了他的當。 [MSC, trad.]
   我突然发现我们好像上了他的当。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ tūrán fāxiàn wǒmen hǎoxiàng shàng le tā de dàng. [Pinyin]

   I suddenly discovered that we had been taken in by him.

2. to be similar (to); to be analogous (to)
3. to take for example; for example; such as

Synonyms

• (to seem):

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• 不啻 (bùchì) (literary)
• 似 (ci⁵) (Cantonese, Classical Chinese)
• 似乎 (sìhū)
• 似如 (si⁴ y²) (Xiang)
• 像 (xiàng)
• 像係／像系 (Hakka)
• 像是 (xiàngshì)
• 儼如／俨如 (yǎnrú) (literary)
• 儼然／俨然 (yǎnrán)
• 儼若／俨若 (yǎnruò) (literary)
• 勝如／胜如 (⁵sen-zy) (Wu)
• 好似 (hǎosì)
• 如同 (rútóng)
• 好比 (hǎobǐ)
• 宛 (Classical Chinese, or compounds only)
• 宛如 (wǎnrú) (literary)
• 宛然 (wǎnrán) (literary)
• 宛若 (wǎnruò) (literary)
• 就像 (jiùxiàng)
• 彷彿／仿佛 (fǎngfú)
• 忽如 (hūrú) (literary)
• 恍若 (huǎngruò)
• 敢若 (Hokkien)
• 敢若是 (Hokkien)
• 𣍐輸／𫧃输 (bē-su) (Hokkien)
• 有如 (yǒurú) (formal)
• 猶似／犹似 (yóusì) (literary)
• 猶像／犹像 (yóuxiàng) (literary)
• 猶如／犹如 (yóurú) (formal)
• 甲像 (Hokkien)
• 甲像是 (Hokkien)
• 甲親像／甲亲像 (Hokkien)
• 看上去 (kàn shàngqù)
• 看似 (kànsì)
• 看來／看来 (kànlái)
• 看樣子／看样子 (kànyàngzi)
• 看起來／看起来 (kànqilai)
• 若 (Classical Chinese, or compounds only)
• 若像 (Hokkien)
• 若親像／若亲像 (Hokkien)
• 表面上 (biǎomiànshang)
• 親像／亲像 (Hakka, Hokkien)
• 象 (xiàng)
• 貌似 (màosì)
• 賽可／赛可 (Ningbonese)
• 較像／较像 (Hokkien)
• 較像是／较像是 (Hokkien)
• 較親像／较亲像 (Hokkien)
• 顯得／显得 (xiǎnde)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 好像 (“to seem like; to be as if”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		好像, 似乎, 彷彿
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	好像
	Malaysia	好像
	Singapore	好像
Cantonese	Hong Kong	好似
	Singapore (Guangfu)	好似
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	親像
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	親像
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	親像
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	親像
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	親像
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	親像
Southern Min	Xiamen	敢若, 敢若是, 親像, 恰像, 恰親像
	Quanzhou	敢若, 敢若是, 親像
	Zhangzhou	親像, 恰像
	Tainan	敢若
	Singapore (Hokkien)	敢若, 敢若是, 親像
	Manila (Hokkien)	較若像, 敢若像, 較若, 敢若, 敢若是, 親像, 若像, 較像

• (to be similar):

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• 嫌 (xián) (literary, or in compounds)
• 接近 (jiējìn)
• 相仿 (xiāngfǎng)
• 相似 (xiāngsì)
• 相像 (xiāngxiàng)
• 相若 (xiāngruò)
• 相近 (xiāngjìn)
• 相類／相类 (xiānglèi)
• 近似 (jìnsì)
• 逼肖 (bīxiào) (literary, to bear a close resemblance to)
• 隨／随 (suí) (Northern Mandarin, of a parent in appearance or disposition)
• 類似／类似 (lèisì)

 

• (to take for example):

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• 例如 (lìrú)
• 別作／别作 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 好比 (hǎobǐ)
• 掠作 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 比在 (Hokkien)
• 比如 (bǐrú)
• 比方 (colloquial)
• 比論／比论 (Dungan, Hakka, Hokkien)
• 若作 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 諸如／诸如 (zhūrú)
• 講比／讲比 (jiang³ bi³) (Sichuanese)
• 譬如 (pìrú)

 

Related terms

• 好比 (hǎobǐ)
• 活像 (huóxiàng)