像话 (xiàng huà) — to be proper, to be reasonable (used in negative or rhetorical questions)

Definición

像话 is almost always used in the negative or in a rhetorical question to scold 'how could that be proper / reasonable?' — it expresses outrage, not a neutral judgment.

verb
to be properto be reasonable (used in negative or rhetorical questions)

Ejemplos

  • Nǐ zhè yàng zuò tài bú xiàng huà le!
    It's really outrageous for you to do this!
  • 像话
    Tā zěn me néng shuō chū zhè zhǒng huà lái? zhè xiàng huà ma?
    How could he say something like that? Is that proper?
  • Hái zi men zài tú shū guǎn lǐ dà shēng shuō huà, zhēn bú xiàng huà.
    The children are talking loudly in the library — it's really not proper.
Aparece en

Explora más palabras de HSK 7-9 o busca en el diccionario de 43 000 palabras.