# 好像
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): hǎoxiàng
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hou$^2$ zoeng$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hó-chhiǔⁿ / hó-chhiūⁿ / hó-chhiōⁿ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hǎoxiàng
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hǎosiàng
*** Wade–Giles: hao$^3$-hsiang$^4$
*** Yale: hǎu-syàng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haoshianq
*** Palladius: хаосян (xaosjan)
*** Sinological IPA : /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hou$^2$ zoeng$^6$
*** Yale: hóu jeuhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hou$^2$ dzoeng$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hou$^2$ zêng$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /hou̯³⁵ t͡sœːŋ²²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-chhiǔⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: hó-tshiǔnn
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ho⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiũ²²/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-chhiūⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: hó-tshiūnn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hoychviu
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiũ²²/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-chhiōⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: hó-tshiōnn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hoychvioi
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiɔ̃²²/

### Verb

好像
* to seem; to be like; as if
       Wǒ tūrán fāxiàn wǒmen hǎoxiàng shàng le tā de dàng. [Pinyin]
       I suddenly discovered that we had been taken in by him.
* to be similar (to); to be analogous (to)
* to take for example; for example; such as

#### Synonyms

* (to seem):
* 不啻 (bùchì) (literary)
* 似 (ci$^5$) (Cantonese, Classical Chinese)
* 似乎 (sìhū)
* 似如 (si$^4$ y$^2$) (Xiang)
* 像 (xiàng)
* 像係／像系 (Hakka)
* 像是 (xiàngshì)
* 儼如／俨如 (yǎnrú) (literary)
* 儼然／俨然 (yǎnrán)
* 儼若／俨若 (yǎnruò) (literary)
* 勝如／胜如 ($^5$sen-zy) (Wu)
* 好似 (hǎosì)
* 如同 (rútóng)
* 好比 (hǎobǐ)
* 宛 (Classical Chinese, or compounds only)
* 宛如 (wǎnrú) (literary)
* 宛然 (wǎnrán) (literary)
* 宛若 (wǎnruò) (literary)
* 就像 (jiùxiàng)
* 彷彿／仿佛 (fǎngfú)
* 忽如 (hūrú) (literary)
* 恍若 (huǎngruò)
* 敢若 (Hokkien)
* 敢若是 (Hokkien)
* 𣍐輸／𫧃输 (bē-su) (Hokkien)
* 有如 (yǒurú) (formal)
* 猶似／犹似 (yóusì) (literary)
* 猶像／犹像 (yóuxiàng) (literary)
* 猶如／犹如 (yóurú) (formal)
* 甲像 (Hokkien)
* 甲像是 (Hokkien)
* 甲親像／甲亲像 (Hokkien)
* 看上去 (kàn shàngqù)
* 看似 (kànsì)
* 看來／看来 (kànlái)
* 看樣子／看样子 (kànyàngzi)
* 看起來／看起来 (kànqilai)
* 若 (Classical Chinese, or compounds only)
* 若像 (Hokkien)
* 若親像／若亲像 (Hokkien)
* 表面上 (biǎomiànshang)
* 親像／亲像 (Hakka, Hokkien)
* 象 (xiàng)
* 貌似 (màosì)
* 賽可／赛可 (Ningbonese)
* 較像／较像 (Hokkien)
* 較像是／较像是 (Hokkien)
* 較親像／较亲像 (Hokkien)
* 顯得／显得 (xiǎnde)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 好像, 似乎, 彷彿 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 好像 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 好像 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 好像 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 好似 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 好似 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 親像 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 親像 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 親像 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 親像 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 親像 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 親像 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 敢若, 敢若是, 親像, 恰像, 恰親像 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 敢若, 敢若是, 親像 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 親像, 恰像 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 敢若 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 敢若, 敢若是, 親像 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 較若像, 敢若像, 較若, 敢若, 敢若是, 親像, 若像, 較像 |
* (to be similar):
* 嫌 (xián) (literary, or in compounds)
* 接近 (jiējìn)
* 相仿 (xiāngfǎng)
* 相似 (xiāngsì)
* 相像 (xiāngxiàng)
* 相若 (xiāngruò)
* 相近 (xiāngjìn)
* 相類／相类 (xiānglèi)
* 近似 (jìnsì)
* 逼肖 (bīxiào) (literary, to bear a close resemblance to)
* 隨／随 (suí) (Northern Mandarin, of a parent in appearance or disposition)
* 類似／类似 (lèisì)
* (to take for example):
* 例如 (lìrú)
* 別作／别作 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 好比 (hǎobǐ)
* 掠作 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 比在 (Hokkien)
* 比如 (bǐrú)
* 比方 (colloquial)
* 比論／比论 (Dungan, Hakka, Hokkien)
* 若作 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 諸如／诸如 (zhūrú)
* 講比／讲比 (jiang$^3$ bi$^3$) (Sichuanese)
* 譬如 (pìrú)

#### Related terms

* 好比 (hǎobǐ)
* 活像 (huóxiàng)