相思

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): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ si¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siông-sṳ̂
• Min Dong (BUC): siŏng-sṳ̆
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): siuⁿ-si / sioⁿ-si / siong-su / siong-sir / siang-su

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siang¹ se¹

• Wu (Wiktionary): xian sr (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngsī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siangsih
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-ssŭ¹
    • Yale: syāng-sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangsy
    • Palladius: сянсы (sjansy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjɑŋ⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (相思兒／相思儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngsīr
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄙㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siangsihr
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-sirh¹
    • Yale: syāng-sīr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangsel
    • Palladius: сянсыр (sjansyr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjɑŋ⁵⁵ sz̩ə̯ɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng¹ si¹
    • Yale: sēung sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng¹ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siông-sṳ̂
    • Hakka Romanization System: xiong´ sii´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xiong¹ si¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ɕi̯oŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨ²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: siŏng-sṳ̆
    • Sinological 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 (Tainan): /ɕiɔ̃⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕi⁴⁴/
    • 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/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: siang¹ se¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siang sṳ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siaŋ³³⁻²³ sɯ³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: xian sr (T1)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiã⁵⁵ sz̩²¹/

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

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 相思

念想 (niànxiǎng) 思 (sī) (literary, or in compounds) 思念 (sīniàn) 思慕 (sīmù) 思量 (sīliáng) (literary) 想念 (xiǎngniàn)

感想 (gǎnxiǎng) (literary) 眷念 (juànniàn) (formal) 懷念／怀念 (huáiniàn) 懷想／怀想 (huáixiǎng) 眷戀／眷恋 (juànliàn) (formal)

Derived terms

病相思 (bìngxiāngsī) 相思仔 相思卦 相思套 相思子 相思木 相思病 (xiāngsībìng)

相思草 相思豆 單相思／单相思 (dānxiāngsī) 相思債／相思债 相思樹／相思树 (xiāngsīshù) 相思鳥／相思鸟 長相思／长相思

Noun

相思

1. lovesickness
2. (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
	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
Min Nan	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

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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Japanese

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

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Goon
• (Tokyo) そ​ーし [sóꜜòshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [so̞ːɕi]

Noun

相(そう)思(し) • (sōshi) ^{←さうし (sausi)?}

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

See also

• 相(ソウ)思(シ)樹(ジュ) (sōshiju)
• 相(ソウ)思(シ)鳥(チョウ) (sōshichō)