xiàng
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How to write (xiàng) in Chinese

(pinyin: xiàng, written "xiang" or "xiang") means to resemble, to be like; image, picture. Below: its meaning, pronunciation, stroke order, and example sentences, so you can learn how to read, say, and write .

Meaning

  • to resemble, to be like; image, picture

Stroke order

Examples

听起来像是一种仪式。
tīng qǐ lái xiàng shì yì zhǒng yí shì.
Sounds like a kind of ritual.
前两个小时很难。他的手不停地想去找手机,像戒烟一样。
qián liǎng ge xiǎo shí hěn nán. tā de shǒu bù tíng de xiǎng qù zhǎo shǒu jī, xiàng jiè yān yí yàng.
The first two hours were hard. His hands kept reaching for the phone, like quitting cigarettes.
她的手很快,一捏一个,饺子像列队的小士兵,整整齐齐地排在面板上。
tā de shǒu hěn kuài, yì niē yí ge, jiǎo zi xiàng liè duì de xiǎo shì bīng, zhěng zhěng qí qí de pái zài miàn bǎn shang.
Her hands were fast: one pinch, one dumpling. The dumplings, like soldiers in formation, lined up neatly on the board.
我并不是佛教徒,但站在大殿里,看着那些古老的雕像,还是被深深震撼。
wǒ bìng bú shì fó jiào tú, dàn zhàn zài dà diàn lǐ, kàn zhe nà xiē gǔ lǎo de diāo xiàng, hái shì bèi shēn shēn zhèn hàn.
I'm not actually a Buddhist, but standing in the main hall, looking at those ancient statues, I was still deeply moved.

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