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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngjiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤㄐㄧㄢˋ
  - 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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    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/

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/	/ken^H/
Pan Wuyun	/siɐŋ/	/ken^H/
Shao Rongfen	/siɑŋ/	/kɛn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɨaŋ/	/kɛn^H/
Li Rong	/siaŋ/	/ken^H/
Wang Li	/sĭaŋ/	/kien^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯aŋ/	/kien^H/
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 ›	‹ ken^H ›
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

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)