Meaning of xiàng:
像
to resemble; to be like; to look as if
Tā de wàimào kàn qǐlái hěn xiàng tā de fùqīn.
他的外貌看起来很像他的父亲。
His appearance looks very much like his father's.
Tā xiàng tā de gēge.
他像他的哥哥。
He is like his brother.
Tā jīntiān kàn qǐlái xiàng yīgè yǎnyuán.
她今天看起来像一个演员。
She looks like an actress today.
such as
Xǔduō rén xǐhuān dòngwù, lǐrú xiàng gǒu hé māo.
许多人喜欢动物，例如像狗和猫。
Many people like animals, such as dogs and cats.
appearance; image; portrait; image under a mapping (math.)
Tā de xiàoróng jiù xiàng yángguāng.
他的笑容就像阳光。
His smile is like sunshine.
Tā de qiānbǐ huà huà de hěn xiàng zhàopiàn.
他的铅笔画画得很像照片。
His pencil drawings look just like photographs.
Zhè fú huà kàn qǐ lái jiù xiàng yī fú zhēnshí de xiàng.
这幅画看起来就像一幅真实的像。
This painting looks like a real portrait.
Zài shùxué zhōng, hánshù f de yī gè xiàng shì qí dìngyì yù nèi yuánsù de yìngshè.
在数学中，函数f的一个像是其定义域内元素的映射。
In mathematics, an image of a function f is the mapping of an element within its domain.
