Chinese word dictionary

肖像

xiàoxiàng · portrait (painting, photo etc); (in a general sense) representation of a person; likeness

Practice word

Word information

Simplified肖像

Traditional肖像

Pinyinxiàoxiàng

Part of speech名

HSK 3.07-9

HSK 2.06

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

肖xiào

to resemble, to look like; to be like

像xiàng

picture, image, figure; to resemble

How to learn 肖像

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.

好像hǎoxiàng

as if; to seem like

像xiàng

to resemble; to be like; to look as if; such as; appearance; image; portrait; image under a mapping (math.)

生肖shēngxiào

one of the twelve animals symbolic of the earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1]; animal from the Chinese zodiac

录像lùxiàng

to videotape; to videorecord; video recording; CL:盤|盘[pan2]

偶像ǒuxiàng

idol

摄像shèxiàng

to videotape