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Meaning of 相

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Polyphone (多音字)HSK 3
Total strokes: 9; Radical:
Ideographic:To stare at a tree , meaning to observe
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
    • [ ] tree; wood, lumber; wooden
    • [ ] eye; to look, to see; division, topic
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Pinyin: xiàng
English Definition:appearance; portrait; picture; government minister; (physics) phase; (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features); to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)
Chinese Definition:
①容貌,样子:相貌。照相。凶相。可怜相。
②物体的外观:月相。金相。
③察看,判断:相面。相术(指观察相貌,预言命运好坏的方术)。
④辅助,亦指辅佐的人,古代特指最高的官:辅相。宰相。首相。
⑤某些国家的官名,相当于中央政府的部长。
⑥交流电路中的一个组成部分。
⑦同一物质的某种物理、化学状态:相态。水蒸气、水、冰是三个相。
⑧作正弦变化的物理量,在某一时刻(或某一位置)的状态可用一个数值来确定,这种数值称“相位”。亦称“相角”。
⑨姓氏。

Example Words:
首相 shǒu xiàng prime minister (of Japan or UK etc)
亮相 liàng xiàng to strike a pose (Chinese opera); (fig.) to make a public appearance; to come out in public (revealing one's true personality, opinions etc); (of a product) to appear on the market or at a trade show etc
真相HSK 6 zhēn xiàng the truth about sth; the actual facts
相声HSK 6 xiàng sheng comic dialogue; sketch; crosstalk
变相 biàn xiàng in disguised form; covert
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Pinyin: xiāng
English Definition:each other; one another; mutually; fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶 (a fret on the soundboard is called a )
Chinese Definition:
①交互,行为动作由双方来:互相。相等。相同。相识。相传(chuán)。相符。相继。相间(jiàn)。相形见绌。相得益彰(两者互相配合,更加显出双方的长处)。
②动作由一方来而有一定对象的:相信。相烦。相问。
③亲自看(是否中意):相亲。相中(zhòng)。
④姓氏。

Example Words:
相信HSK 3 xiāng xìn to be convinced (that sth is true); to believe; to accept sth as true
相当HSK 5 xiāng dāng equivalent to; appropriate; considerably; to a certain extent; fairly; quite
相互 xiāng each other; mutual
互相HSK 4 xiāng each other; mutually; mutual
相对HSK 5 xiāng duì relatively; opposite; to resist; to oppose; relative; vis-a-vis; counterpart
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Example Sentences
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I believe in you.
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I believe in God
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We should help each other.
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We should learn from each other.
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It's hard to get along with people like that.