好像 hǎoxiàng as if
as if; seem to be
How to remember 好像: 好 good + 像 alike = as if.
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How it is used
- Softens a guess to 'seems like / apparently' - 他好像病了 (tā hǎoxiàng bìng le) he seems to be ill.
- Also 'resemble,' often with 一样/似的 - 她好像她妈妈一样 (tā hǎoxiàng tā māma yíyàng) she's just like her mother.
- Spoken register; the more written near-synonym for the 'seems' sense is 似乎 (sìhū).
Example sentences
- 他好像病了。 Tā hǎoxiàng bìng le.He seems to be sick.
- 好像她病了。 Hǎoxiàng tā bìng le.She seemed to have been ill.
- 天好像要下雨了。 Tiān hǎoxiàng yào xiàyǔ le.It seems that it it is going to rain.