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<h1>Expressing "it seems" with "haoxiang"
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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