相公

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Chinese

each other; appearance; portrait
each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually
 
just; honourable; public
just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister
 
trad. (相公)
simp. #(相公)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Initial () (16) (28)
Final () (105) (1)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter sjangH kuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/sɨɐŋH/ /kuŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/siɐŋH/ /kuŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/siɑŋH/ /kuŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/sɨaŋH/ /kəwŋ/
Li
Rong
/siaŋH/ /kuŋ/
Wang
Li
/sĭaŋH/ /kuŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/si̯aŋH/ /kuŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xiàng gōng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
soeng3 gung1

Noun

相公

  1. (archaic, honorific) term of address used by a wife to her husband in feudal China
  2. (archaic, honorific) term of address for young men of rich or cultured families in feudal China
  3. (regional) male prostitute
  4. (mahjong) a hand having more or less tiles than the required number

Synonyms