• 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	zhēn xiàng	the truth about sth; the actual facts	HSK 6
  相声	xiàng sheng	comic dialogue; sketch; crosstalk	HSK 6
  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 品 )
  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	xiāng xìn	to be convinced (that sth is true); to believe; to accept sth as true	HSK 3
  相当	xiāng dāng	equivalent to; appropriate; considerably; to a certain extent; fairly; quite	HSK 5
  相互	xiāng hù	each other; mutual
  互相	hù xiāng	each other; mutually; mutual	HSK 4
  相对	xiāng duì	relatively; opposite; to resist; to oppose; relative; vis-a-vis; counterpart	HSK 5

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