像
Meanings
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- 1.to resemble
- 2.to be like
- 3.to look as if
- 4.such as
- 5.appearance
- 6.image
- 7.portrait
- 8.image under a mapping (math.)
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Wiktionary
- 1.picture; image; photograph; figure
- 2.statue; figure; sculpture
- 3.to resemble; to be like
- 4.to take for example; for example; for instance; such as
- 5.image (of a function)
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ljaŋʔ): semantic 亻 (“person”) + phonetic 象 (OC *ljaŋʔ). Traditionally thought to be the same word as Old Chinese 象 (*ljaŋʔ, “elephant”) (Han Feizihttps://ctext.org/hanfeizi/jie-lao#n2005, Karlgren, 1957). Schuessler (2007) posits that Old Chinese *z- and *s-l- / *s-j- might have merged in Zuo Zhuan and thinks Old Chinese 像 (*ljaŋʔ, “image”) possibly derives from Sino-Tibetan root *la, making it cognate with Tibetan ལད་མོ (lad mo, “imitation, to imitate, mimic”) & ལྷ (lha, “gods, image of a deity”) (however, see ལྷ (lha) for other etymology), Lepcha ᰗᰰ (klan, “similar”) & ᰗᰰᰜᰶ (klan-lă, “imitation”), Jingpho [script needed] (sum³¹-la³³, “picture, image”) & [script needed] (num³¹-la³³, “ghost”). Geilich (1994) adds Tibetan ལྡེམ (ldem, “statue, idol”) yet connects the Tibeto-Burman items to Old Chinese 似 (*ljɯʔ). Doublet of 佯 (yáng, “to feign”) and 樣 /样 (yàng, “appearance”).
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
你看着像猴。
You look like a monkey.
他像他父親。
He is like his father.
爱就像氧气。
Love is like oxygen.
那看著像血。
That looks like blood.
看起来像天书。
It's all Greek to me.
看起来像天书。
This is Greek to me.
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More examples & usage (AI)
Synonyms
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Derived terms
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