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xiàng = xi + ang4
to resemble / to be like / to look as if / such as / appearance / image / portrait / image under a mapping (math.)
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How to pronounce 像

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= xi initial

Xi is for Xi Shi (西施), one of the renowned Four Beauties of ancient China.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ ang4 final

In the anglepod’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

像 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
rén = r + (e)n2
"person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 9)
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xiàng = xi + ang4
elephant / CL:隻|只[zhi1] / shape / form / appearance / to imitate
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Characters with 像 as component

像 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 像

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as if / to seem like
to videotape / to videorecord / video recording / CL:盤|盘[pan2]

Sentences with 像

zhè
cái
xiàng
huà

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xiàng

to resemble / to be like / to look as if / such as / appearance / image / portrait / image under a mapping (math.)

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