Comparing specifically with "xiang"
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像 (xiàng) is used to compare a specific characteristic of two things or people, and can be used in the following structure:
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像 as "just like"
Structure
Noun 1 + 像 + Noun 2 + 一样 + Adj. / Verb
Examples
- 她 有时候 像 小孩 一样 天真 。She's as naive as a young kid is sometimes.
- 这个 老外 的 汉语 像 中国人一样 地道 。This foreigner can speak Chinese as well as native speakers do.
- 他 很 生气 ，像 疯子 一样 大 叫 起来 。He was very angry and started to scream like a lunatic.
- 你 怎么 像 我 妈 一样 啰嗦 ！Why do you sound as nagging as my mom does!
不像 as "not as ... as"
Structure
Noun 1 + 不像 + Noun 2 + 这么 / 那么 + Adj. / Verb
Examples
- 这 个 男 老师 不 像 那 个 女 老师 那么 严格 。This man teacher is not as strict as that woman teacher.
- 我们 没有 你 那么 喜欢 孩子 。We don't like kids as much as you do.
See also
- Comparing
- Basic comparisons with "bi"
- Basic comparisons with "yiyang"
- Expressing comparable degree with "you"
- Basic comparisons with "meiyou"
