若像

Chinese

		to seem; like; as to seem; like; as; if	(look) like; similar (to); appearance (look) like; similar (to); appearance; to appear; to seem; image; portrait; resemble; seem
trad. (若像)		若	像
simp. #(若像)		若	像

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ná-chhiǔⁿ / ná-chhiūⁿ / ná-chhiōⁿ

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ná-chhiǔⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: ná-tshiǔnn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiũ²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ná-chhiūⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: ná-tshiūnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nafchviu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /nã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiũ²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /nã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiũ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /nã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiũ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ná-chhiōⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: ná-tshiōnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nafchvioi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /nã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiɔ̃²²/

Verb

若像

1. (Southern Min) to seem; to be like; as if

Synonyms

• 不啻 (bùchì) (literary)
• 似 (ci⁵) (Cantonese, Classical Chinese)
• 似乎 (sìhū)
• 似如 (si⁴ y²) (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 (²sen-zr) (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)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 好像 (“to seem like; to be as if”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		好像, 似乎, 彷彿
Mandarin	Taiwan	好像
	Malaysia	好像
	Singapore	好像
Cantonese	Hong Kong	好似
	Singapore (Guangfu)	好似
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	親像
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	親像
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	親像
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	親像
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	親像
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	親像
Southern Min	Xiamen	敢若, 敢若是, 親像
	Quanzhou	敢若, 敢若是, 親像
	Zhangzhou	親像
	Tainan	敢若
	Singapore (Hokkien)	敢若, 敢若是, 親像
	Manila (Hokkien)	較若像, 敢若像, 較若, 敢若, 敢若是, 親像, 若像, 較像