相干

Chinese

		each other; appearance; portrait each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually	to concern; to interfere; shield to concern; to interfere; shield; stem
simp. and trad. (相干)		相	干

Etymology

Attested in pre-Qin texts.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiānggān

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄍㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ gon¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siông-kôn
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): siong-kan / siang-kan

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siang¹ gang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiānggān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄍㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sianggan
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-kan¹
    • Yale: syāng-gān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianggan
    • Palladius: сянгань (sjanganʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ kän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng¹ gon¹
    • Yale: sēung gōn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ gon¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng¹ gon¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵ kɔːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siông-kôn
    • Hakka Romanization System: xiong´ gon´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xiong¹ gon¹
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯oŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kon²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siong-kan
    • Tâi-lô: siong-kan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siongkafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ³³ kan³³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siang-kan
    • Tâi-lô: siang-kan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siangkafn
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kan⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: siang¹ gang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siang kang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siaŋ³³⁻²³ kaŋ³³/

Verb

相干

1. to be relevant; to have to do with
2. (archaic) to encroach upon each other

Synonyms

• (to be relevant):

• 有關／有关 (yǒuguān)
• 有關係／有关系 (yǒu guānxi)
• 涉及到 (shèjí dào)
• 牽涉到／牵涉到 (qiānshè dào)

 

Related terms

• 有關／有关 (yǒuguān)
• 相關／相关 (xiāngguān)

Adjective

相干

1. (attributive) relevant

Derived terms

• 不相干 (bùxiānggān)
• 無相干