xiàng

相 (xiàng) is a Chinese word meaning “appearance; portrait; picture”.

Meanings

  1. 1appearance
  2. 2portrait
  3. 3picture
  4. 4government minister
  5. 5(physics) phase
  6. 6(literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features)
  7. 7to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)

Related words

相信to believe; to be convinced; to accept as true真相the truth about sth; the actual facts相当equivalent to互相each other相each other相surname Xiang相处to be in contact (with sb)相同identical; same相关related相互each other相反opposite相爱to love each other

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