像
xiàng HSK2

resemble

像 xiàng
to resemble prepositionverb
to be like; to look like; to take after

不像我，你可以选择。

bù xiàng wǒ, nǐ kě​yǐ xuǎn​zé.

Unlike me, you have a choice.

[seem] verb
to seem; to look as if; to appear to be

你看我现在像需要个朋友吗？

nǐ kàn wǒ xiàn​zài xiàng xū​yào ge péng​you ma?

Do I look like I need a friend right now?

听起来像是有人在哭。

tīng qi​lai xiàng shì yǒu rén zài kū.

It sounds like someone is crying.

portrait noun
a likeness of a person or animal, such as a picture, statue, or image
image noun
an image formed by the reflection or refraction of light; a digital or television image
such as preposition
used to introduce examples, meaning "such as" or "for example"

像你们这样的年轻人，代表了未来。

xiàng nǐ​men zhè​yàng de nián​qīng​rén, dài​biǎo le wèi​lái.

Young people like you represent the future.

像很多人一样，我有睡眠问题。

xiàng hěn​duō rén yī​yàng, wǒ yǒu shuì​mián wèn​tí.

Like many people, I have trouble sleeping.

surname
a Chinese surname

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Frequency
Character
Written text
294th most common 750.8 per million
Movie subtitles
116th most common 1519.7 per million appears in 99% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
1497.3 per million appears in 97% of films
Written text
446.8 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Strokes
13
Unicode
U+50CF

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)