相遇

Chinese

		each other; appearance; portrait each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually	meet with
trad. (相遇)		相	遇
simp. ^#(相遇)		相	遇

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiāngyù

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ jyu⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siong-gū / sio-gū

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngyù
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤㄩˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siangyù
  - Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-yü⁴
  - Yale: syāng-yù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangyuh
  - Palladius: сянъюй (sjanʺjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ y⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng¹ jyu⁶
  - Yale: sēung yuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ jy⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng¹ yu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵ jyː²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siong-gū
  - Tâi-lô: siong-gū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sionggu
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡu³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sio-gū
  - Tâi-lô: sio-gū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioi'gu
  - IPA (Taipei): /sio⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡu³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡu³³/

Verb

相遇

(literary) to meet (by chance); to come across
偶然相遇 ― ǒurán xiāngyù ― to meet by chance

Synonyms

值遇 (zhíyù) (literary)
慘遭 / 惨遭 (cǎnzāo) (to suffer)
拄著 / 拄着 (tú-tio̍h) (Hokkien)
攤 / 摊 (to befall)
相拄 (Hokkien)
相逢 (xiāngféng)
碰上 (pèngshàng)
碰到 (pèngdào)
碰見 / 碰见 (pèngjiàn)
蒙受 (méngshòu) (to suffer)
逢
遇 (yù)
遇到 (yùdào)
遇見 / 遇见 (yùjiàn)
遭受 (zāoshòu) (to suffer)
遭逢 (zāoféng)
遭遇 (zāoyù)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (相遇):

→ Korean: 상우(相遇) (sang'u)