好像
HSK 3 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)Old HSK 4
好像 (hǎoxiàng) · to seem
好像 (hǎoxiàng) means “to seem; as if; to be like”. It is written with 2 characters: 好 (good) + 像 (to look like). It is an HSK 3 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 好像 is built
The characters
好 hǎo · good
What 好 is made of
- 女nǚ — woman
- 子zǐ — child
- 了liǎo / le — finish
- 乛 — bent stroke
- 亅 — hook
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 了liǎo / le — finish
Origin hint: A woman 女 with a son 子 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
像 xiàng · to look like
What 像 is made of
- 亻rén — person
- 象xiàng — elephant
- ⺈ — top shape
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 豕shǐ — pig
Origin hint: 亻 gives the meaning, 象 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
好像要下雨了。Hǎoxiàng yào xiàyǔ le.It looks like it's going to rain.
他好像不太高兴。Tā hǎoxiàng bùtài gāoxìng.He seems a little unhappy.
Questions about 好像
What does 好像 mean?
好像 (hǎoxiàng) means “to seem; as if; to be like”.
How do you pronounce 好像?
好像 is pronounced hǎoxiàng.
Which HSK level is 好像?
好像 is in HSK 3 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 爱好àihàohobby
- 好吃hǎochīdelicious
- 好看hǎokàngood-looking
- 好听hǎotīngpleasant to hear
- 好玩儿hǎowánrfun
- 最好zuìhǎobest
- 不好意思bùhǎoyìsisorry
- 好处hǎochubenefit
- 好多hǎoduōa lot of
- 好久hǎojiǔa long time
Learn 好像 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 64: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.