xiāng

mutual, reciprocal, each other

HSK 3 #152

DEFINITIONS

相 xiāng
  • surname Xiang
  • each other
  • one another
  • mutually
  • fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3])
相 xiàng
  • appearance
  • portrait
  • picture
  • government minister
  • (physics) phase
  • (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features)
  • to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)

STROKES

WORDS

矛盾 zì xiāng máo dùn to contradict oneself; self-contradictory; inconsistent
径庭 dà xiāng jìng tíng as different as can be (idiom); poles apart
约 xiāng yuē to agree (on a meeting place, date etc); to reach agreement; to make an appointment
仿 xiāng fǎng similar
逢 xiāng féng to meet (by chance); to come across
间 xiāng jiàn to alternate; to follow one another
安无事 xiāng ān wú shì to live together in harmony
和睦处 hé mù xiāng chǔ to live in harmony; to get along with each other
依为命 xiāng yī wéi mìng mutually dependent for life (idiom); to rely upon one another for survival; interdependent
好 xiāng hǎo to be intimate; close friend; paramour
干 xiāng gān relevant; to have to do with; coherent (Physics: light etc)
比之下 xiāng bǐ zhī xià by comparison
息息关 xī xī xiāng guān closely bound up (idiom); intimately related
shí xiàng sensitive; tactful
心心印 xīn xīn xiāng yìn two hearts beat as one (idiom); a kindred spirit
代代传 dài dài xiāng chuán passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down
继 xiāng jì in succession; following closely
待 xiāng dài to treat
扑 xiāng pū sumo wrestling; also pr. [xiang4 pu1]
爱 xiāng qīn xiāng ài to be kind and love one another (idiom); bound by deep emotions
馆 zhào xiàng guǎn photo studio
左 xiāng zuǒ to fail to meet each other; to conflict with each other; to be at odds with
出洋 chū yáng xiàng to make a fool of oneself
同病怜 tóng bìng xiāng lián fellow sufferers empathize with each other (idiom); misery loves company
bīn xiàng attendant of the bride or bridegroom at a wedding