惺惺相惜

Chinese

		bright; sharp; clever bright; sharp; clever; intelligent; awake; clear-headed	each other; appearance; portrait each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually	pity; regret; rue pity; regret; rue; begrudge
simp. and trad. (惺惺相惜)		惺惺	相	惜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīngxīngxiāngxī, xīngxīngxiāngxí

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥ ㄒㄧㄥ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄒㄧ, ㄒㄧㄥ ㄒㄧㄥ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄒㄧˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīngxīngxiāngxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥ ㄒㄧㄥ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: singsingsiangsi
    • Wade–Giles: hsing¹-hsing¹-hsiang¹-hsi¹
    • Yale: syīng-syīng-syāng-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shingshingshiangshi
    • Palladius: синсинсянси (sinsinsjansi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīngxīngxiāngxí
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥ ㄒㄧㄥ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄒㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: singsingsiangsí
    • Wade–Giles: hsing¹-hsing¹-hsiang¹-hsi²
    • Yale: syīng-syīng-syāng-syí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shingshingshiangshyi
    • Palladius: синсинсянси (sinsinsjansi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ɕi³⁵/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 惺惺相惜

1. to have a friendship based on intellectual compatibility

See also

• 惺惺惜惺惺 (xīngxīngxīxīngxīng)