<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:epub="http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops"> <head> <title>Expressing "it seems" with "haoxiang"</title> <link href="../Styles/main.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/> </head> <body> <h1>Expressing "it seems" with "haoxiang" </h1> <p>To express "seems," the word 好像 (hǎoxiàng) can be used.</p> <h2>Contents</h2> <div class="contents"><ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">1 Structure </span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">2 Examples </span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">3 See also </span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">4 Sources and further reading </span></li> <ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">4.1 Books</span></li> </ul> </ul> </div> <h3>Structure</h3> <div class="deux">Subj. + 好像 ⋯⋯</div> <h3>Examples</h3> <div class="exemple"><ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">他 好像 是 英国 人 。 Tā hǎoxiàng shì Yīngguó rén. He seems to be British. </span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">你 好像 不 是 本地 人 。 Nǐ hǎoxiàng bù shì běndì rén. You don't seem to be a local. </span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">她 好像 生病 了 。 Tā hǎoxiàng shēngbìng le. It seems like she's sick. </span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">你 好像 很 不 喜欢 她 。 Nǐ hǎoxiàng hěn bù xǐhuan tā. It seems that you dislike her a lot. </span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">王 先生 好像 很怕 他 老婆 。 Wáng xiānsheng hǎoxiàng hěn pà tā lǎopo. Mr. Wang seems to fear his wife a lot. </span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">他 一 个 人 坐 在 那儿 ，好像 在 想 事情 。 Tā yī gè rén zuò zài nàr, hǎoxiàng zài xiǎng shìqing. He's sitting there all by himself. It seems like he's thinking about something.</span><br/></li> </ul> </div> <p>Note that if this structure is used without a subject, it has the meaning of "it seems like..." in English. This could then be followed by an entire statement.</p> <div class="exemple"><ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">好像 不 行 。 Hǎoxiàng bù xíng. It seems like it didn't work. </span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">好像 要 下雨 了 。 Hǎoxiàng yào xiàyǔ le. It seems like it's going to rain. </span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">好像 有 人 敲门 。 Hǎoxiàng yǒu rén qiāo mén. It seems like someone is knocking at the door. </span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">好像 有 人 来 过 。 Hǎoxiàng yǒu rén lái guo. It seems like someone was here.</span><br/></li> </ul> </div> <h3>See also</h3> <div class="See-also"><ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">Appearance with "kanqilai" </span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">Expressing "as if" with "sihu"</span><br/></li> </ul> </div> <h3>Sources and further reading</h3> <h4>Books</h4> <ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">Practicing HSK Grammar (语法精讲精炼) (pp. 41) →buy </span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">Basic Patterns of Chinese Grammar (pp. 101) →buy </span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">Boya Chinese Elementary Starter 1 (博雅汉语初经起步篇) (pp. 157) →buy</span><br/></li> </ul> </body> </html>