相向

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Chinese

		each other; appearance; portrait each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually	direction; part; side direction; part; side; towards; to; guide; opposite to
simp. and trad. (相向)		相	向

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiāngxiàng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤㄒㄧㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ hoeng³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sio-hiàng / saⁿ-ǹg

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngxiàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤㄒㄧㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siangsiàng
  - Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-hsiang⁴
  - Yale: syāng-syàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangshianq
  - Palladius: сянсян (sjansjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng¹ hoeng³
  - Yale: sēung heung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ hoeng³
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng¹ hêng³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵ hœːŋ³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sio-hiàng / saⁿ-ǹg
  - Tâi-lô: sio-hiàng / sann-ǹg
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioi'hiaxng, sva'ngx
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sio⁴⁴⁻²² hiaŋ²¹/, /sã⁴⁴⁻²² ŋ̍²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sio³³ hiaŋ⁴¹/, /sã³³ ŋ̍⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sio⁴⁴⁻²² hiaŋ²¹/, /sã⁴⁴⁻²² ŋ̍²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sio⁴⁴⁻³³ hiaŋ¹¹/, /sã⁴⁴⁻³³ ŋ̍¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiaŋ²¹/, /sã⁴⁴⁻³³ ŋ̍²¹/

Verb

相向

to face each other
to (do something to) target the opponent

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