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相

xiāng · xiang/xiàng · xiang/Xiāng · xiang

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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xiāng 相

  1. each other
  2. one another
  3. mutually
  4. fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶 (pí pa) (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品 (pǐn))

xiàng 相

  1. appearance
  2. portrait
  3. picture
  4. government minister
  5. (physics) phase
  6. (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features)
  7. to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)

Xiāng 相

  1. surname Xiang

In a sentence

2 examples
01

您(nín)能(néng)好(hǎo)好(hǎo)给(gěi)我(wǒ)们(men)照(zhào)一(yì)张(zhāng)相(xiàng)吗(ma)？

Could you take a picture of us?

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)们(men)两(liǎng)个(gè)人(rén)互(hù)相(xiāng)看(kàn)了(le)一(yì)眼(yǎn)，都(dōu)没(méi)有(yǒu)说(shuō)话(huà)。

The two of them looked at each other and said nothing.

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