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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngjìn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤㄐㄧㄣˋ
  - 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 Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siông-khiun
  - Hakka Romanization System: xiong^ˊ 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

similar to; close to

Synonyms

相似 (xiāngsì)

Verb

相近

to be similar to; to be close to
(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)
雷同 (léitóng)
類似 / 类似 (lèisì)
類同 / 类同 (lèitóng)