| 像 | 1241B30 91A.02-9 | 部居  | 畫數 14 | ㄒㄧㄤˋ [xiang4] | ||
| N. | An image, figure: 形像 appearance; 畫像 painted portrait; 像貌 [xiang4mao4]↓; 遺像 portrait of deceased; 石像 statue; 照像 photograph; 想像 imagination. | |||||
| V.t. | To resemble: 兩人相像 the two resemble each other; 真像他 really resembles him; 像模像樣 with airs of importance; 像煞有介事 (Shanghai dial.) ditto. | |||||
| V.i. | To seem to, appear to (+vb.): 好像 or 像 or 像是 (as an independent phr.) it seems; 他像（好像）不大願意 he seems not very willing; 像 or 好像要下雨了 it looks like raining; 好像不在家 seems not be at home; 好像不聽見 seems not to hear; as if: 好像你不是我親生女兒 as if you were not my own daughter. | |||||
| Adj. | (Like the Eng. “like,” this can be considered adj. or prep. because it takes an object--“like me,” “like him,” “like new,” etc.) like, alike: 像這個，像那個 like this, like that: 像我這個人 a person like me; 不大像 is not like (his doing); 太不像話 it's beyond the limit--going too far; it's preposterous. | |||||
| Words | 1. 像姑 [xiang4gu1], n., male prostitute or entertainer at banquet (＝相公 10B.41). 2. 像話 [xiang4hua4], phr., in 不像話 too much, beyond the limit. 3. 像兒 [xiang4er0], n., (1) person's gen. appearance; (2) 給你一個像兒瞧 (a threat to punish) let you see what it is like. 4. 像貌 [xiang4mao4], n., person's looks: 像貌非凡 a distinguished appearance (also 相貌). 5. 像片 [xiang4pian1], n., a photograph. 6. 像生兒 [xiang4sheng1er0], n., assumed airs: 不用做這些像生兒了 you don't need to put on this act. 7. 像是 [xiang4shi4], phr., it seems: 像是沒收到信 seems to have not yet received the letter. 8. 像似 [xiang4si4], phr., ditto. 9. 像贊 [xiang4zan4], n., a verse of a few lines in praise of person who is subject of a portrait. 10. 像樣兒 [xiang4yang4er0], adj., proper in appearance: 穿得像樣兒 dress properly. | |||||