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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

像 [xiàng]
  1. 1. noun portrait
    画像
    paint portraits
    雕像
    statue
  2. 2. verb [相似] look like
    他长得像妈妈。
    He looks like his mother.
    这姐妹俩模样太像了。
    These two sisters are very similar in looks.
  3. 3. verb [比如]
    像他这样的好孩子，谁不喜欢呢！
    Who doesn't like good children like this one!
    像洗衣机这种家用电器，在这里还不普遍。
    Domestic appliances such as washing machines are still not widespread here.
  4. 4. adverb [比如] as if
    门外像有人说话。
    It sounds as if there are people talking outside.
    像要下雪了。
    It looks as if it might snow.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

像 [xiàng]
  1. 1. verb be like; resemble; take after
    姐妹俩长得很像。
    The two sisters are very much alike.
    这孩子像他父亲。
    The child takes after its father.
    这两件衣服的样式有点像。
    他长得一点都不像他的妈妈。
  2. 2. verb look as if; seem
    像要下雨了。
    It looks like rain.
    像是有人在敲门。
    It sounds like somebody's knocking at the door.
    外面像是有人在吵架。
    远处像是有人在呼救。
  3. 3. verb such as; like
    像黄继光这样的英雄人物，将永远活在人民的心里。
    Heroes such as Huang Jiguang will always live in the hearts of the people.
    像你这样粗心很容易吃亏的。
  4. 4. noun likeness (of somebody); portrait; picture
    画像
    draw a portrait; portray
  5. 5. noun [physics] image
    虚像
    virtual image
    实像
    real image
    墙上挂着一幅画像。
    这张图像不是很清晰。

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

像 [xiàng]
  1. 1. 动 跟某事物相同或相似
    孩子长得像他爸爸。
    两人写的字很像。
    温顺得像小绵羊。
  2. 2. 名 比照人物制成的图画、雕塑等
    画像。
    铜像。
    肖像。
  3. 3. 动 如同
    像他这样的人才,到处都需要。
    像这种情况真少见。
  4. 4. 副 似乎;好像
    天像要下雨。
    这车像有毛病了。
    看上去像是很漂亮。
  5. 5. E((BZ1))1964年公布的《简化字总表》将"像"作为"象"的繁体字处理。1986年重新发表的《简化字总表》确认"像"为规范字,表示以上意义时,不再作为"象"的繁体字。((BZ2))"像"②跟"象2"①不同。"像"指以模仿、比照等方法制成的人或物的形象，也包括光线经反射、折射等而形成的与原物相同或相似的图景，如"画像""录像""偶像""人像""神像""塑像""图像""肖像""绣像""遗像""影像""摄像"等,都是复制的。"象"指自然界、人或物的形态、样子，如"表象""病象""形象""脉象""气象""旱象""景象""幻象""天象""意象""印象""星象""假象""险象""万象更新""物象"等,都是原生的。
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Examples

在我们那里像我这样的人车载斗量，不可胜数。
Where I come from, people like me come by the bushel. → 车载斗量
海浪冲击着礁石，飞起像珠子般的水花。
The waves lashed at the rocks, sending up pearly spray. → 冲击
他们老两口儿还像初恋那会儿那样亲昵。
The old couple still dote on each other just as when they first fell in love. → 初恋
孩子们打扮得像春天的花朵一样。
The gaily-dressed children looked like spring flowers. → 打扮
像他这样得过且过，有什么出息?
What future will a man ever have if he keeps dragging along like this? → 得过且过
房间里乱得像狗窝。
The room is such a mess that it resembles a doghouse. → 狗窝
他的买卖近来像滚雪球似的，越做越大。
His business has snowballed recently. → 滚雪球
给孩子画个像
draw a portrait of the child → 画像
像这样的大会还是建国以来第一次。
This congress is the first of its kind since the founding of our People's Republic. → 建国
他脸紧绷绷的，像很生气的样子。
He had a taut expression on his face, apparently very angry. → 紧绷绷
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Character Decomposition

亻
[rén]		 + 象
[xiàng]

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