相仿 (xiāng fǎng) — to be similar; to be alike

Definition

verb
to be similarto be alike

Examples

  • 相仿,。
    Tā men liǎ nián líng xiāng fǎng, xìng gé yě hěn xiàng.
    The two of them are similar in age and have very similar personalities.
  • 相仿,。
    Zhè liǎng kuǎn shǒu jī de gōng néng xiāng fǎng, jià gé yě chà bu duō.
    These two phone models have similar features and about the same price.
  • 相仿,。
    Suī rán tā men de guān diǎn xiāng fǎng, dàn biǎo dá fāng shì bù tóng.
    Although their views are similar, their ways of expressing them differ.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

相xiāngmutually
仿fǎngresemble

mutually plus resemble gives to be alike.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

In 相, 目 is an eye and 木 is a tree, showing an eye looking at a tree; this originally meant “to observe.”

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