Difference between revisions of "Expressing "it seems" with "haoxiang""
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Revision as of 07:12, 16 October 2012
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Keywords
To express "seems," the word 好像 (hǎoxiàng) is used.
Structure
The structure for this is:
Subject + 好像 + [Observation]
Note that if this structure is used without a subject, it has the meaning of "it seems that..." in English. This could then be followed by an entire statement.
Examples
Some examples:
- 他们 好像 是 朋友 。
- 小 猫 好像 饿 了。
- 外面 好像 有 声音！是 不 是 小偷？
- 好像 要 下雨 了。
See also
Sources and further reading
Books
- Practicing HSK Grammar (语法精讲精炼) (pp. 41) →buy
- Basic Patterns of Chinese Grammar (pp. 101) →buy
- Boya Chinese Elementary Starter 1 (博雅汉语初经起步篇) (pp. 157) →buy
