相干

相干

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): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄍㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ gon¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siông-kôn
• Min Nan (POJ): siong-kan / siang-kan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiānggān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄍㄢ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianggan
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sianggan
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕjɑŋ⁵⁵ kän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng¹ gon¹
    • Yale: sēung gōn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ gon¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng¹ gon¹
    • IPA ^(key): /sœ̽ːŋ⁵⁵ kɔːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siông-kôn
    • Hakka Romanization System: xiong´ gon´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xiong¹ gon¹
    • IPA: /ɕi̯oŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kon²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siong-kan
    • Tâi-lô: siong-kan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siongkafn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɔŋ³³ kan³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ɕiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kan⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siang-kan
    • Tâi-lô: siang-kan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siangkafn
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kan⁴⁴/

Verb

相干

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

Adjective

相干

1. (attributive) relevant

Derived terms

不相干 (bùxiānggān)

無相干／无相干