像样 meaning in English

xiàngyàng

presentable; decent

HSK 7-9Traditional 像樣23 strokes

Meaning of 像样

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

xiàngyàng
  1. presentable
  2. decent
  3. up to par

像样 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

汤tāng姆mǔ穿chuān得de还hái挺tǐng像xiàng样yàng的de,对duì吧ba?
Tom is presentable, isn't he?
然rán而ér这zhè也yě算suàn不bù上shàng什shén么me像xiàng样yàng的de东dōng西xī。
But it isn't even worth calling stuff.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

像 xiàng · to resemble · 13 strokes

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样 yàng · manner · 10 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 像样.

一样yīyàngsame; like
这样zhèyàngthis way; like this; so; (before a noun) this kind of; such
怎么样zěnmeyànghow?; how about?
那样nàyàngthat kind; that sort
好像hǎoxiàngas if; to seem like
怎样zěnyànghow; what kind
样子yàngziappearance; manner
同样tóngyàngsame; equal; similar; similarly; also; too
什么样shénmeyàngwhat kind?; what sort?
多样duōyàngdiverse; diversity
摄像机shèxiàngjīvideo camera
偶像ǒuxiàngidol

Questions about 像样

What does 像样 mean?

像样 (xiàngyàng) means "presentable; decent".

How do you write 像样?

像样 is made of 2 characters: 像 (13 strokes), 样 (10 strokes). That is 23 strokes in total.

Is 像样 an HSK word?

Yes. 像样 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 像样 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 像样 is written 像樣.