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肖 xiào

to resemble, to look like; to be like

Strokes
7
Level
HSK 6
Radical
⺼
Type
Picto-phonetic

Memory hint: flesh - "in the flesh"

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  1. 你的生肖是什么？
    Nǐ de shēngxiào shì shénme?
    What's your Chinese zodiac sign?
    your (particle) zodiac is what
  2. 你属什么生肖？
    Nǐ shǔ shénme shēngxiào?
    What zodiac animal are you?
    you belong-to what zodiac
  3. 画家正在为她画肖像。
    Huàjiā zhèngzài wèi tā huà xiàoxiàng.
    The painter is painting her portrait.
    painter progressive for her paint portrait
  4. 这幅肖像画得不太像。
    Zhè fú xiàoxiàng huà de bú tài xiàng.
    This portrait wasn't painted very well.
    this (measure) portrait paint (particle) not too resembling
  5. 客厅里挂着一幅祖父的肖像画。
    Kètīng lǐ guàzhe yì fú zǔfù de xiàoxiàng huà.
    In the living room hangs a portrait of grandfather.
    living-room in hang(ing) one (measure) grandfather (particle) portrait painting

Words with 肖 (2)