好像

hǎoxiàng

Novice Level 2 ★ Core word
Adverb

好像 (hǎoxiàng) is a Chinese word meaning “as if”. It sits at TOCFL Level 2 (CEFR Novice) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

  1. as if
  2. to seem like

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Example

天氣好像要變了。

The weather seems about to change.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).