好像

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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

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.
    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):
Dialectal synonyms of 好像 (“to seem like; to be as if”)
Variety Location Words
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
Southern Min 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
Manila (Hokkien) 較若像, 敢若像, 較若, 敢若, 敢若是, 親像, 若像, 較像
  • (to be similar):
  • (to take for example):

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