# 親像
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhîn-chhiong
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): cing$^1$ cieo$^5$ / cing$^1$ ciuⁿ$^5$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chhin-chhiūⁿ / chhin-chhiǔⁿ / chhin-chhiōⁿ / chhan-chhiūⁿ
    (Teochew, Peng'im): cing$^1$ cion$^6$ / cing$^1$ ciên$^6$ / cêng$^1$ cion$^6$
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): cin$^1$ zian$^5$
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhîn-chhiong
*** Hakka Romanization System: qin$^ˊ$ qiong
*** Hagfa Pinyim: qin$^1$ qiong$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰin²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰi̯oŋ⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: cing$^1$ cieo$^5$ [Phonetic: cing$^2$ nieo$^5$]
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiŋ⁵³³⁻¹³ $^{(t͡sʰ-)}$nieu²¹/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: cing$^1$ ciuⁿ$^5$ [Phonetic: cing$^2$ niu$^5$]
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiŋ⁵³³⁻¹³ $^{(t͡sʰ-)}$niu²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhin-chhiūⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: tshin-tshiūnn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chinchviu
*** IPA (Xiamen, Singapore): /t͡sʰin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiũ²²/
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiũ³³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhin-chhiǔⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: tshin-tshiǔnn
*** IPA (Philippines): /t͡sʰin³³ t͡sʰiũ³³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰin³³ t͡sʰiũ²²/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhin-chhiōⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: tshin-tshiōnn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chinchvioi
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiɔ̃²²/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhan-chhiūⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: tshan-tshiūnn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhanchviu
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiũ³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: cing$^1$ cion$^6$ / cing$^1$ ciên$^6$ / cêng$^1$ cion$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshing tshiŏⁿ / tshing tshiĕⁿ / tsheng tshiŏⁿ
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sʰĩõ³⁵/, /t͡sʰiŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sʰĩẽ³⁵/, /t͡sʰeŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sʰĩõ³⁵/
* cing1 ciên6 - Chaozhou;
* cêng1 cion6 - Jieyang.

### Verb

親像
* (Hakka, Southern Min) to seem; to be like; as if
    From: 1992, 愛情的騙子我問你 (Cheater of Love, I Ask You), sung by 陳小雲 (Chen Hsiao-yun), lyrics by 蔣錦鴻, composed by 俞隆華
    kóng siáⁿ-mi̍h góa chhin-chhiūⁿ kó͘-chá ê Se-si [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    Didn't you say I was like Xi Shi (legendary beauty) of ancient yore?
    From: 2021, 愛情你比我想的閣較偉大 (Oh Love, You Are Much Greater Than I Imagined), from the film 當男人戀愛時 (Man in Love), arranged and performed by 茄子蛋 (EggPlantEgg), lyrics and music by 黃奇斌 (Ki-pin Ng)
    lí sī góa o͘-àm ê sim ûi-it ê kng chhin-chhiūⁿ sī gán-chiân ê teng-hóe [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    You are that one spark in my dark heart like the lights in front of my eyes
* (Xiang) to resemble; to be similar

#### 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)
* 好像 (hǎoxiàng)
* 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)
* 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 resemble):
* 好像 (hǎoxiàng)
* 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)

#### Derived terms

* 一人煩惱一樣，無人煩惱親像 / 一人烦恼一样，无人烦恼亲像
* 拄親像 / 拄亲像
* 甲親像 / 甲亲像
* 若親像 / 若亲像
* 較親像 / 较亲像

### Further reading

* “Entry #11940”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
* 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “亲像”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 98.