像 xiàng▶ imagen

Stroke order

像 is written in 13 strokes.

• 像

Senses

1. to resemble
2. to be like
3. to look as if
4. such as
5. appearance
6. image
7. portrait
8. image under a mapping (math.)

Example sentences

• 墙上有一张他的像。Qiáng shàng yǒu yì zhāng tā de xiàng.There is a portrait of him on the wall.
• 他很像他的爸爸。Tā hěn xiàng tā de bàba.He looks very like his father.

Related words

• 好像Parecerse a; parecer
• 偶像ídolo
• 肖像retrato
• 不像话irrazonable

像 is pronounced xiàng and means “imagen”. HSK 3 is where this word sits in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the exam used to grade Chinese proficiency. Reading 像 and remembering it are not the same achievement: the first fades within days unless the second is practised. LexiTrail times each review to the edge of forgetting, which is where a repetition is worth the most.