像

xiàng

verb HSK 7 #89

Meanings

Contains 亻 (person radical) + 象 (elephant) — a person's image/likeness.

Tā zhǎng de xiàng māma.

She looks like her mom.

Jīntiān xiàng xiàtiān yíyàng rè.

Today is as hot as summer.

Tā xiàng gè háizi yíyàng kāixīn.

He's as happy as a child.

grammar

像……一样 is a key comparison pattern: A 像 B 一样 + adjective = A is as [adj] as B.

mistakes

Don't confuse 像 (to resemble) with 象 (elephant) or 向 (toward). They sound alike but mean different things.

像 xiàng