相思

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Chinese

each other; appearance; portrait
each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually
 
 to think; to consider
simp. and trad.
(相思) 		相 思

Pronunciation

Verb

相思

  1. to yearn for; to pine for; to miss each other
    飽受相思之苦／饱受相思之苦  ―  bǎoshòu xiāngsī zhī kǔ  ―  to suffer from severe lovesickness

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Derived terms

Noun

相思

  1. lovesickness
  2. (Kinmenese Hokkien) acacia, especially the Taiwan acacia (Acacia confusa)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 相思樹 (“Taiwan acacia”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 相思樹
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 相思樹
Cantonese Hong Kong 臺灣相思
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 香絲樹, 相思樹
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 香絲樹, 相思樹
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 香絲樹, 相思樹
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 香絲樹, 相思樹
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 香絲樹, 相思樹
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 相思樹
Southern Min Taipei 相思仔
New Taipei (Sanxia) 相思仔
Kaohsiung 相思仔
Yilan 相思仔
Changhua (Lukang) 相思欉
Taichung 相思仔
Tainan 相思仔
Hsinchu 相思仔
Kinmen 相思
Penghu (Magong) 相思樹
Puxian Min Putian 海松柏, 番囝松柏

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (相思):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
相 思
そう
Grade: 3 		し
Grade: 2
goon

Pronunciation

Noun

相(そう)思(し) • (sōshi) ←さうし (sausi)?

  1. Synonym of 相思相愛 (sōshi sōai, “mutual love”)

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