好像

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
• Min Nan (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): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕjɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou² zoeng⁶
    • Yale: hóu jeuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou² dzoeng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou² zêng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ t͡ʃœːŋ²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-chhiǔⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hó-tshiǔnn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ho⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡ɕʰiũ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-chhiūⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hó-tshiūnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoychviu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰiũ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-chhiōⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hó-tshiōnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoychvioi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰiɔ̃²²/

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)

Synonyms

• (to seem):

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Synonyms of 好像

不啻 (bùchì) (literary) 似 (sì) (Classical Chinese, Cantonese) 似乎 (sìhū) 似如 (Xiang) 像 (xiàng) 像是 (xiàngshì) 好似 (hǎosì) 好比 (hǎobǐ) 如同 (rútóng) 宛 (wǎn) (Classical Chinese, or compounds only) 宛如 (wǎnrú) (literary) 宛然 (wǎnrán) (literary) 宛若 (wǎnruò) (literary) 就像 (jiùxiàng) 忽如 (hūrú) (literary) 恍若 (huǎngruò) 敢若 (Min Nan) 敢若是 (Min Nan) 有如 (yǒurú) (formal) 甲像 (Min Nan) 甲像是 (Min Nan) 看上去 (kàn shàngqù) 看似 (kànsì) 若 (ruò) (Classical Chinese, or compounds only) 若像 (Min Nan)

表面上 (biǎomiànshang) 象 (xiàng) 貌似 (màosì) 像係／像系 (Hakka) 儼如／俨如 (yǎnrú) (literary) 儼然／俨然 (yǎnrán) 儼若／俨若 (yǎnruò) (literary) 勝如／胜如 (Wu) 彷彿／仿佛 (fǎngfú) 猶似／犹似 (yóusì) (literary) 猶像／犹像 (yóuxiàng) (literary) 猶如／犹如 (yóurú) (formal) 甲親像／甲亲像 (Min Nan) 看來／看来 (kànlái) 看樣子／看样子 (kànyàngzi) 看起來／看起来 (kànqilai) 若親像／若亲像 (Min Nan) 親像／亲像 (Hakka, Min Nan) 賽可／赛可 (Ningbo) 較像／较像 (Min Nan) 較像是／较像是 (Min Nan) 較親像／较亲像 (Min Nan) 顯得／显得 (xiǎnde) 𣍐輸／𫧃输 (bē-su) (Min Nan)

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
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
Min Nan	Xiamen	敢若, 敢若是, 親像
	Quanzhou	敢若, 敢若是, 親像
	Zhangzhou	親像
	Tainan	敢若
	Singapore (Hokkien)	敢若, 敢若是, 親像

• (to be similar):

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Synonyms of 好像

嫌 (xián) (literary, or in compounds) 接近 (jiējìn) 相仿 (xiāngfǎng) 相似 (xiāngsì) 相像 (xiāngxiàng) 相若 (xiāngruò)

相近 (xiāngjìn) 近似 (jìnsì) 逼肖 (bīxiào) (literary, to bear a close resemblance to) 相類／相类 (xiānglèi) 類似／类似 (lèisì)

Related terms

• 好比 (hǎobǐ)
• 活像 (huóxiàng)