长相

長相
zhǎngxiàng
noun HSK 7 #6,057

Meanings

  1. 1 appearance
  2. 2 looks
  3. 3 facial features

Characters

Literally 'grown appearance' — how someone looks as they've grown

Examples

Tā de zhǎngxiàng hěn xiàng tā māma.
Her looks are very similar to her mother's.
Bù néng zhǐ kàn zhǎngxiàng, yào kàn nèixīn.
You can't just look at appearance; you need to look at the heart.

Tips

usage
长相 is colloquial and specifically refers to facial appearance. Compare with 外貌 (wàimào, external appearance — more formal) and 相貌 (xiàngmào, looks — slightly formal).
mistakes
is read zhǎng (to grow) here, not cháng (long). is read xiàng (appearance), not xiāng (mutual).

Stroke Order

cháng
xiāng