Expressing "it seems" with "haoxiang"

To express "seems," the word 好像 (hǎoxiàng) can be used.

Structure

The structure for this is:

Subj. + 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 要结婚了 。Tāmen hǎoxiàng yào jiéhūn le.They seem to be getting married.
• 小 猫 好像 饿 了。Xiǎo māo hǎoxiàng è le.The small cat seems to be hungry.
• 好像 要 下雨 了。Hǎoxiàng yào xià yǔ le.It seems like it's going to rain.
• 你好像 很生我的气。Nǐ hǎoxiàng hěn shēng wǒ de qì.You seem to be getting very upset with me.

See also

• Appearance with "kanqilai"

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