“To look like” and “to seemlike”: xiàng 像 and - Cchatty

“To look like” and “to seemlike”: xiàng 像 and hǎoxiàng 好像

Use xiàng 像 to say “to look like . . . ” in the sense of “to resemble . . . ”

She looks like her mother.
✔ CC: Tā xiàng tā mǔqin.
她像她母亲。
✖ BC: Tā hǎoxiàng tā mǔqin.
她好像她母亲。

Use hǎoxiàng 好像 to say “to look like . . .” in the sense of “to seem like”; “to appear that . . .”:

It looks like/seems like it’s going to rain.
Hǎoxiàng huì xiàyǔ.
好像会下雨。