看相

Chinese

		to see; to look at; to look after to see; to look at; to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard; it depends; think	each other; appearance; portrait each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually
simp. and trad. (看相)		看	相
anagram		相看

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kànxiàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hon³ soeng³
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): kon⁴ xiong⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khòaⁿ-siòng / khòaⁿ-siùⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kànxiàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kànsiàng
    • Wade–Giles: kʻan⁴-hsiang⁴
    • Yale: kàn-syàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kannshianq
    • Palladius: каньсян (kanʹsjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hon³ soeng³
    • Yale: hon seung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon³ soeng³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hon³ sêng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn³³ sœːŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: kon⁴ xiong⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰɔn⁵³⁻⁵⁵ siɔŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòaⁿ-siòng / khòaⁿ-siùⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: khuànn-siòng / khuànn-siùnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qvoarsioxng, qvoarsviux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ siɔŋ²¹/, /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ siũ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰuã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siɔŋ⁴¹/, /kʰuã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siũ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ siɔŋ²¹/, /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ siũ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰuã¹¹⁻⁵³ siɔŋ¹¹/, /kʰuã¹¹⁻⁵³ siũ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁴¹ siɔŋ²¹/, /kʰuã²¹⁻⁴¹ siũ²¹/

Verb

看相

1. to practise physiognomy; to tell fortune by reading the subject's facial features
2. to fancy; to like; to long for

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 看相 (“to practise physiognomy; to tell fortune by reading facial features”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		看相, 相面
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	相面
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	相面
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	相面
	Xi'an	相面
	Xining	相面
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	相命
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	看相
	Yangzhou	相面
Cantonese	Guangzhou	睇相
	Hong Kong	睇相
	Taishan	睇相
	Dongguan	睇相
Gan	Nanchang	看相
	Pingxiang	看相
Hakka	Meixian	看相, 相命
	Yudu	看相
Huizhou	Jixi	看相
Northern Min	Jian'ou	覷相
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	看相
Southern Min	Shantou	相五行, 睇相, 相命
	Shantou (Chenghai)	相五行
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	相五行
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	相五行
	Jieyang	相五行, 睇相, 睇五行
	Haifeng	睇相
	Haikou	望相
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	看相
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	相面
	Suzhou	相面
	Danyang	相面
	Hangzhou	看相
	Jinhua	望相
Xiang	Loudi	看相

Noun

看相

1. appearance

Pronunciation 2

• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): kang³ siên³ / kang³ sion³

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• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kang³ siên³ / kang³ sion³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khàng sièⁿ / khàng siòⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ sĩẽ²¹³/, /kʰaŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ sĩõ²¹³/

Note:

• kang3 siên3 - Chaozhou;
• kang3 sion3 - Shantou.

Verb

看相

1. (Teochew) to look carefully
2. (Teochew) to comment on others' shortcomings behind their back