像話

Chinese

		(look) like; similar (to); appearance (look) like; similar (to); appearance; to appear; to seem; image; portrait; resemble; seem	spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
trad. (像話)		像	話
simp. (像话)		像	话

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiànghuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiànghuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siànghuà
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang⁴-hua⁴
    • Yale: syàng-hwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianqhuah
    • Palladius: сянхуа (sjanxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹/

Verb

像話

1. (colloquial, often used in negative or interrogative sentences) to be proper; to be reasonable; to be appropriate

Synonyms

• 有理 (yǒulǐ)

Derived terms

• 不像話／不像话 (bùxiànghuà)