相見

See also: 相见

Chinese

		each other; appearance; portrait each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually	to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview
trad. (相見)		相	見
simp. (相见)		相	见

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāngjiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ gin³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siông-kien / siông-kian
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): saⁿ-kìⁿ / sio-kìⁿ / siong-kiàn / sio-kiàn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngjiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siangjiàn
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-chien⁴
    • Yale: syāng-jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangjiann
    • Palladius: сянцзянь (sjanczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 相見／相见 相間／相间

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng¹ gin³
    • Yale: sēung gin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ gin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng¹ gin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵ kiːn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siông-kien
    • Hakka Romanization System: xiong^ˊ gien
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xiong¹ gian⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯oŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ki̯en⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siông-kian
    • Hakka Romanization System: xiong^ˊ gian
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xiong¹ gian⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯oŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ki̯an⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: saⁿ-kìⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: sann-kìnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sva'kvix
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sã⁴⁴⁻³³ kĩ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sã⁴⁴⁻³³ kĩ¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sã⁴⁴⁻²² kĩ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sio-kìⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: sio-kìnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioi'kvix
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ kĩ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sio⁴⁴⁻³³ kĩ¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siong-kiàn
    • Tâi-lô: siong-kiàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siongkiexn
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɛn¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɛn²¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sio-kiàn
    • Tâi-lô: sio-kiàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioi'kiexn
    • IPA (Taipei): /sio⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɛn¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɛn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: sjang kenH

Rime
Character	相	見
Reading #	1/2	1/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	息良切	古電切
Baxter	sjang	kenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɨɐŋ/	/kenH/
Pan Wuyun	/siɐŋ/	/kenH/
Shao Rongfen	/siɑŋ/	/kɛnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɨaŋ/	/kɛnH/
Li Rong	/siaŋ/	/kenH/
Wang Li	/sĭaŋ/	/kienH/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯aŋ/	/kienH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiāng	jiàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	soeng1	gin3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s]aŋ  [k]ˤen-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*slaŋ  keːns/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	相	見
Reading #	1/2	1/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiāng	jiàn
Middle Chinese	‹ sjang ›	‹ kenH ›
Old Chinese	/*[s]aŋ/	/*[k]ˁen-s/
English	mutually	see (v.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	相	見
Reading #	1/2	1/2
No.	13579	6192
Phonetic component	相	見
Rime group	陽	元
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	襄	見
Old Chinese	/*slaŋ/	/*keːns/

Verb

相見

1. to meet up with; to see (someone)

   唉，我不知何時再能與他相見。 [MSC, trad.]
   唉，我不知何时再能与他相见。 [MSC, simp.]

   Ài, wǒ bùzhī héshí zài néng yǔ tā xiāngjiàn. [Pinyin]

   Alas, I do not know when I will see him again.

Derived terms

• 仇人相見，分外眼紅／仇人相见，分外眼红 (chóurén xiāngjiàn, fènwài yǎnhóng)
• 兵戎相見／兵戎相见 (bīngróngxiāngjiàn)
• 相見恨晚／相见恨晚 (xiāngjiànhènwǎn)

 

See also

• 相會／相会 (xiānghuì), 相逢 (xiāngféng), 見面／见面 (jiànmiàn), 會面／会面 (huìmiàn)