Difference between revisions of "Comparing specifically with "xiang""

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You can compare specific characteristics with the word 像 (xiàng).
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(xiàng) is used to compare a specific characteristic of two things or people, and can be used in the following structure:
  
==Structure==
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== Positive meaning with "像"==
  
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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=== Structure ===
  
 
<div class="jiegou">
 
<div class="jiegou">
  
Noun 1 + 像 + Noun 2 + 一样 + Adj.
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Noun 1 + 像 + Noun 2 + 一样 + Adj. / Emotional Verb
  
Noun 1 + 像 + Noun 2 + 这么 / 那么 + Emotional Verb / Adj.
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Noun 1 + 像 + Noun 2 + 这么 / 那么 + Adj. / Emotional Verb
  
 
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</div>
  
==Examples==
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=== Examples ===
  
 
<div class="liju">
 
<div class="liju">
 
*你 怎么 <em>像</em> 我 妈 <em>一样</em> 啰嗦!<span class="trans">Why do you sound as nagging as my mom does!</span>
 
*你 怎么 <em>像</em> 我 妈 <em>一样</em> 啰嗦!<span class="trans">Why do you sound as nagging as my mom does!</span>
 
*他 生气 的 时候 会 <em>像</em> 疯子 <em>一样</em> 大 叫。<span class="trans">He would scream like a lunatic when he gets angry.</span>
 
*他 生气 的 时候 会 <em>像</em> 疯子 <em>一样</em> 大 叫。<span class="trans">He would scream like a lunatic when he gets angry.</span>
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*这 个 男 老师 不 <em>像</em> 那 个 女 老师 <em>那么</em> 严格。<span class="trans">This man teacher is not as strict as that woman teacher.</span>
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== Negative meaning with "不像"==
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When you use
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=== Structure ===
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<div class="jiegou">
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Noun 1 + 不 + 像 + Noun 2 + 这么 / 那么 + Adj. / Emotional Verb 
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=== Examples ===
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<div class="liju">
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*这 个 男 老师 不 <em>像</em> 那 个 女 老师 <em>那么</em> 严格。<span class="trans">This man teacher is not as strict as that woman teacher.</span>
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*我们 不 <em>像</em> 你 <em>那么</em> 喜欢 小孩。<span class="trans">.</span>
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*这 个 男 老师 不 <em>像</em> 那 个 女 老师 <em>那么</em> 严格。<span class="trans">This man teacher is not as strict as that woman teacher.</span>
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==See also==
 
==See also==
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* [[Basic comparisons with "yiyang"]]
 
* [[Basic comparisons with "yiyang"]]
 
* [[Comparing]]
 
* [[Comparing]]

Revision as of 07:11, 1 November 2016

像 (xiàng) is used to compare a specific characteristic of two things or people, and can be used in the following structure:

Positive meaning with "像"

Structure

Noun 1 + 像 + Noun 2 + 一样 + Adj. / Emotional Verb

Noun 1 + 像 + Noun 2 + 这么 / 那么 + Adj. / Emotional Verb

Examples

  • 你 怎么 我 妈 一样 啰嗦!Why do you sound as nagging as my mom does!
  • 他 生气 的 时候 会 疯子 一样 大 叫。He would scream like a lunatic when he gets angry.
  • 这 个 男 老师 不 那 个 女 老师 那么 严格。This man teacher is not as strict as that woman teacher.

Negative meaning with "不像"

When you use

Structure

Noun 1 + 不 + 像 + Noun 2 + 这么 / 那么 + Adj. / Emotional Verb

Examples

  • 这 个 男 老师 不 那 个 女 老师 那么 严格。This man teacher is not as strict as that woman teacher.
  • 我们 不 那么 喜欢 小孩。.
  • 这 个 男 老师 不 那 个 女 老师 那么 严格。This man teacher is not as strict as that woman teacher.

See also

Sources and further reading

Books

HSK5