<p>像 (xiàng) is used to compare a specific characteristic of two things or people, and can be used in the following structure:</p> <h2 id="expressing-just-like-with-像">Expressing just like with "像"</h2> <h3 id="structure">Structure</h3> <div class="jiegou"> <p>Noun 1 + 像 + Noun 2 + 一样 + Adj. / Verb</p> <p>Noun 1 + 像 + Noun 2 + 这么 / 那么 + Adj. / Verb</p> </div> <h3 id="examples">Examples</h3> <div class="liju"> <ul> <li>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></li> <li>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></li> </ul> </div> <h2 id="expressing-not-as-...-as-with-不像-or-没有">Expressing not as ... as with "不像" or "没有"</h2> <h3 id="structure-1">Structure</h3> <div class="jiegou"> <p>Noun 1 + 不像 + Noun 2 + 这么 / 那么 + Adj. / Verb</p> <p>Noun 1 + 没有 + Noun 2 + 这么 / 那么 + Adj. / Verb</p> </div> <h3 id="examples-1">Examples</h3> <div class="liju"> <ul> <li>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></li> <li>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></li> </ul> </div> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul> <li><a href="Basic_comparisons_with_"yiyang"" title="wikilink">Basic comparisons with "yiyang"</a></li> <li><a href="Comparing" class="uri" title="wikilink">Comparing</a></li> </ul> <h2 id="sources-and-further-reading">Sources and further reading</h2> <h3 id="books">Books</h3> <ul> <li><a href="Boya_Chinese_Lower_Intermediate_2_(博雅汉语准中级加速篇)" title="wikilink">Boya Chinese Lower Intermediate 2 (博雅汉语准中级加速篇)</a> (pp.80) <a href="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</a></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><a href="Category:_B2_grammar_points" title="wikilink">Category: B2 grammar points</a></p>