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

坦诚见 tǎn chéng xiāng jiàn to trust one another fully; to treat sb with sincerity
传 xiāng chuán to pass on; to hand down; tradition has it that ...; according to legend
当于 xiāng dāng yú equivalent to
交 xiāng jiāo to cross over (e.g. traffic); to intersect; to make friends
思 xiāng sī to yearn; to pine
距 xiāng jù distance apart; separated by a given distance
biàn xiàng in disguised form; covert
助 xiāng zhù to help one another; to come to sb's help
邻 xiāng lín neighbor; adjacent
旗鼓当 qí gǔ xiāng dāng lit. two armies have equivalent banners and drums (idiom); fig. evenly matched; roughly comparable (opponents)
shàng xiàng photogenic; (old) high official
对论 xiāng duì lùn theory of relativity
男傧 nán bīn xiàng best man (in a marriage)
容 xiāng róng compatible; consistent; to tolerate (each other)
素不识 sù bù xiāng shí to be total strangers (idiom)
sè xiàng coloration; hue; sex; sex appeal
yáng xiàng social gaffe or blunder; faux pas; see 出洋相[chu1 yang2 xiang4]
中 xiāng zhòng to find to one's taste; to pick (after looking at); Taiwan pr. [xiang4 zhong4]
bàn xiàng stage costume
zhēng xiāng to fall over each other in their eagerness to...
互作用 xiāng hù zuò yòng to interact; interaction; interplay
形见绌 xiāng xíng jiàn chù to pale by comparison (idiom)
单口声 dān kǒu xiàng shēng comic monologue; one-person comic sketch
wài xiàng Foreign Minister
世代传 shì dài xiāng chuán passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down