相識

See also: 相识

Chinese

	each other; appearance; portrait each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually	to record; write a footnote; to know to record; write a footnote; to know; knowledge
trad. (相識)	相	識
simp. (相识)	相	识
anagram	識相／识相

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiāngshí, xiāngshì

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤㄕˊ, ㄒㄧㄤㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ sik¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siông-sṳt
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siong-sek / siong-siak / siang-sit

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngshí
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤㄕˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siangshíh
  - Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-shih²
  - Yale: syāng-shŕ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangshyr
  - Palladius: сянши (sjanši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siangshìh
  - Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-shih⁴
  - Yale: syāng-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangshyh
  - Palladius: сянши (sjanši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    相視／相视
    相識／相识
    鄉試／乡试
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng¹ sik¹
  - Yale: sēung sīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ sik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng¹ xig¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵ sɪk̚⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siông-sṳt
  - Hakka Romanization System: xiong´ siid`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xiong¹ sid⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /si̯oŋ²⁴ sɨt̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siong-sek
  - Tâi-lô: siong-sik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siongseg
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² siɪk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siong-siak
  - Tâi-lô: siong-siak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siongsiag
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ³³ siak̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siang-sit
  - Tâi-lô: siang-sit
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siangsid
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sit̚³²/

Verb

相識

to get to know each other; to be acquainted with each other

Synonyms

交友 (jiāoyǒu)
交接 (jiāojiē)
交朋友
交結／交结 (Hokkien)
交遊／交游 (jiāoyóu)
相交 (xiāngjiāo)
相捌 (Hokkien, Teochew)
相熟 (Hokkien)
知遇 (zhīyù) (literary)
結交／结交 (jiéjiāo)
結交朋友／结交朋友 (jiéjiāo péngyǒu)
締交／缔交 (dìjiāo) (literary)
訂交／订交 (dìngjiāo)
軋朋友／轧朋友 (chiefly Shanghainese, dialectal Mandarin)

Derived terms

Noun

相識

acquaintance (person with whom one is acquainted)

Synonyms

半熟臉兒／半熟脸儿 (bànshóuliǎnr) (colloquial)
所知 (suǒzhī) (literary)
熟人 (shúrén)
熟人子 (shou⁶ ren² zr) (Xiang)
熟似人 (Hokkien)
知識／知识 (zhīshí) (literary)

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
相	識
そう Grade: 3	しき Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) そーしき [sòóshíkí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [so̞ːɕikʲi]

Noun

相(そう)識(しき) • (sōshiki)

being acquainted with each other
acquaintance

Verb

相(そう)識(しき)する • (sōshiki suru) suru (stem 相(そう)識(しき)し (sōshiki shi), past 相(そう)識(しき)した (sōshiki shita))

to be acquainted with each other

Conjugation

Conjugation of "相識する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	相識し	そうしきし	sōshiki shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	相識し	そうしきし	sōshiki shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	相識する	そうしきする	sōshiki suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	相識する	そうしきする	sōshiki suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	相識すれ	そうしきすれ	sōshiki sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	相識せよ¹ 相識しろ²	そうしきせよ¹ そうしきしろ²	sōshiki seyo¹ sōshiki shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	相識される	そうしきされる	sōshiki sareru
Causative	相識させる相識さす	そうしきさせるそうしきさす	sōshiki saseru sōshiki sasu
Potential	相識できる	そうしきできる	sōshiki dekiru
Volitional	相識しよう	そうしきしよう	sōshiki shiyō
Negative	相識しない	そうしきしない	sōshiki shinai
Negative continuative	相識せず	そうしきせず	sōshiki sezu
Formal	相識します	そうしきします	sōshiki shimasu
Perfective	相識した	そうしきした	sōshiki shita
Conjunctive	相識して	そうしきして	sōshiki shite
Hypothetical conditional	相識すれば	そうしきすれば	sōshiki sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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