相干

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Chinese

		each other; appearance; portrait each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually	to concern; to interfere; shield to concern; to interfere; shield; stem
simp. and trad. (相干)		相	干

Etymology

Attested in pre-Qin texts.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiānggān

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤㄍㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ gon¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siông-kôn
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): siong-kan / siang-kan

(Teochew, Peng'im): siang¹ gang¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiānggān
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤㄍㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sianggan
  - Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-kan¹
  - Yale: syāng-gān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianggan
  - Palladius: сянгань (sjanganʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ kän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng¹ gon¹
  - Yale: sēung gōn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ gon¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng¹ gon¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵ kɔːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siông-kôn
  - Hakka Romanization System: xiong^ˊ gon^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xiong¹ gon¹
  - Sinological IPA: /si̯oŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kon²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siong-kan
  - Tâi-lô: siong-kan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siongkafn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ³³ kan³³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siang-kan
  - Tâi-lô: siang-kan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siangkafn
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kan⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: siang¹ gang¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siang kang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siaŋ³³⁻²³ kaŋ³³/

Verb

相干

to be relevant; to have to do with
(archaic) to encroach upon each other

Synonyms

(to be relevant):

有關／有关 (yǒuguān)
有關係／有关系 (yǒu guānxi)
涉及到 (shèjí dào)
牽涉到／牵涉到 (qiānshè dào)

Related terms

有關／有关 (yǒuguān)
相關／相关 (xiāngguān)

Adjective

相干

(attributive) relevant

Derived terms

不相干 (bùxiānggān)
無相干

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