相宜

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Chinese

		each other; appearance; portrait each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually	proper; should; suitable proper; should; suitable; appropriate
simp. and trad. (相宜)		相	宜

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiāngyí

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ ji⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siong-gî / siang-gî

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngyí
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siangyí
  - Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-i²
  - Yale: syāng-yí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangyi
  - Palladius: сянъи (sjanʺi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ i³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng¹ ji⁴
  - Yale: sēung yìh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ ji⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng¹ yi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵ jiː²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siong-gî
  - Tâi-lô: siong-gî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sionggii
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡi²³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ³³ ɡi²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɡi²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡi²⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siang-gî
  - Tâi-lô: siang-gî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sianggii
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡi²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɡi¹³/

Adjective

相宜

suitable; fitting; appropriate
- 欲把西湖比西子，淡妝濃抹總相宜。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  欲把西湖比西子，淡妆浓抹总相宜。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: c. 1073, Su Shi, 飲湖上初晴後雨·其二
  Yù bǎ Xīhú bǐ Xīzǐ, dànzhuāngnóngmǒ zǒng xiàngyí.
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

Antonyms

不宜 (bùyí)

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