相近

Chinese

		each other; appearance; portrait each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually	near; close (to); approximately
trad. (相近)		相	近
simp. #(相近)		相	近

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāngjìn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄐㄧㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ gan⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siông-khiun
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siong-kǔn / siong-kūn / siang-kīn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngjìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄐㄧㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siangjìn
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-chin⁴
    • Yale: syāng-jìn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangjinn
    • Palladius: сянцзинь (sjanczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng¹ gan⁶
    • Yale: sēung gahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ gan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng¹ gen⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵ kɐn²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siông-khiun
    • Hakka Romanization System: xiong´ kiun
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xiong¹ kiun⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯oŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰi̯un⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siong-kǔn
    • Tâi-lô: siong-kǔn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ³³ kun²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siong-kūn
    • Tâi-lô: siong-kūn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siongkun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kun²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siang-kīn
    • Tâi-lô: siang-kīn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siangkin
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kin²²/

Adjective

相近

1. similar to; close to

Synonyms

• 相似 (xiāngsì)

Verb

相近

1. to be similar to; to be close to
2. (literary) to draw near; to approach

Synonyms

• (to be similar):

• 好像 (hǎoxiàng)
• 嫌 (xián) (literary, or in compounds)
• 接近 (jiējìn)
• 相仿 (xiāngfǎng)
• 相似 (xiāngsì)
• 相像 (xiāngxiàng)
• 相若 (xiāngruò)
• 相類／相类 (xiānglèi)
• 近似 (jìnsì)
• 逼肖 (bīxiào) (literary, to bear a close resemblance to)
• 隨／随 (suí) (Northern Mandarin, of a parent in appearance or disposition)
• 類似／类似 (lèisì)