相思

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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiāngsī

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤㄙ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ si¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siông-sṳ̂
Min Dong (BUC): siŏng-sṳ̆
Min Nan (POJ): siuⁿ-si / sioⁿ-si / siong-su / siong-sir / siang-su
Wu (Wiktionary): xian sr (T1)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: xiāngsī
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤㄙ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangsy
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    鄉思／乡思
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (相思兒／相思儿)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiāngsīr
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤㄙㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangsel
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ sz̩əɻ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng¹ si¹
  - Yale: sēung sī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ si¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng¹ xi¹
  - IPA ^(key): /sœ̽ːŋ⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siông-sṳ̂
  - Hakka Romanization System: xiong´ sii´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xiong¹ si¹
  - IPA: /ɕi̯oŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨ²⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: siŏng-sṳ̆
  - IPA ^(key): /suoŋ⁵⁵ ^(s-)ny⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Kinmen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siuⁿ-si
  - Tâi-lô: siunn-si
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sviusy
  - IPA (Xiamen, Kinmen): /ɕiũ⁴⁴⁻²² ɕi⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ɕiũ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕi⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Tainan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sioⁿ-si
  - Tâi-lô: sionn-si
  - Phofsit Daibuun: svioisy
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɔ̃⁴⁴⁻²² ɕi⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siong-su
  - Tâi-lô: siong-su
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siongsw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² su⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ɕiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ su⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siong-sir
  - Tâi-lô: siong-sir
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɔŋ³³ sɯ³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siang-su
  - Tâi-lô: siang-su
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siangsw
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ su⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² su⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: xian sr (T1)
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕiã⁵⁵ sz̩²¹/

Verb

相思

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

Derived terms

單相思／单相思 (dānxiāngsī)
病相思 (bìngxiāngsī)
相思仔
相思債／相思债
相思卦
相思套
相思子

相思木
相思樹／相思树 (xiāngsīshù)
相思病 (xiāngsībìng)
相思草
相思豆
相思鳥／相思鸟
長相思／长相思

Noun

相思

lovesickness
(Kinmen Hokkien) acacia, especially the Taiwan acacia (Acacia confusa)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 相思樹 (“Taiwan acacia”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		相思樹
Mandarin	Taiwan	相思樹
Cantonese	Hong Kong	臺灣相思
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	香絲樹, 相思樹
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	香絲樹, 相思樹
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	香絲樹, 相思樹
	Dongshi (Dabu)	香絲樹, 相思樹
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	香絲樹, 相思樹
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	相思樹
Min Nan	Taipei	相思仔
	Kaohsiung	相思仔
	Tainan	相思仔
	Taichung	相思仔
	Hsinchu	相思仔
	Lukang	相思欉
	Sanxia	相思仔
	Yilan	相思仔
	Kinmen	相思
	Magong	相思樹

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (相思):

→ Japanese: 相 (そう)思 (し) (sōshi)
→ Korean: 상사 (相思, sangsa)
→ Vietnamese: tương tư (相思)

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