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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:

== Expressing just like with "像"==

=== Structure ===

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

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

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=== Examples ===

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*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>

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== Expressing not as ... as with "不像" or "没有" ==

=== Structure ===

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Noun 1 + 不像 + Noun 2 + 这么 / 那么 + Adj. / Verb  

Noun 1 + 没有 + Noun 2 + 这么 / 那么 + Adj. / Verb  

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=== Examples ===

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*这 个 男 老师 <em>不 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>
*我们 <em>没有</em> 你 <em>那么</em> 喜欢 孩子。<span class="trans">We don't like kids as much as you do.</span>

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==See also==

* [[Basic comparisons with "yiyang"]]
* [[Comparing]]

== Sources and further reading ==

=== Books ===

* [[Boya Chinese Lower Intermediate 2 (博雅汉语准中级加速篇)]] (pp.80) [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00112ZL5A/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=B00112ZL5A →buy] 

[[Category: B2 grammar points]]
{{Basic Grammar|像|B2|Noun 1 + 像 + Noun 2 + (那么⋯⋯)|她 <em>像</em> 妈妈 <em>那么</em> 善良。|grammar point|ASG1MD4N}}
{{Similar|Basic comparisons with "yiyang"}}
{{Similar|Comparing}}
{{Used for|Comparing}}
{{POS|Verbs}}
{{Translation|like}}
{{Subprop|Verbs}}