相 xiāng

1. xiāng adverb each other / one another / mutually
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 互相, for example, in the idiom 自相矛盾 'self-contradictory' (CCI '自相矛盾'; CCD 1 '相' 1; FE '相' 1; GHDC 1 '相' 1; Guoyu '相' xiāng adv 1; Kroll 2015 '相' xiāng 1, p. 497); 相 may be used in this sense in Literary Chinese (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 136). For example, 獸相食，且人惡之。'Beasts devour one another, and men hate them for doing so.' (Mengzi: 1.4/2/21, translation by Legge)
2. xiàng verb to observe / to assess
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 观察 (CCD 2 '相'; GHDC 2 '相' 1; Guoyu '相' xiàng v 1; Kroll 2015 '相' xiàng 3, p. 497)
3. xiàng noun appearance / portrait / picture
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (GHDC 2 '相' 2; Guoyu '相' xiàng n 1)
4. xiàng noun lakṣaṇa / countenance / personage / quality / character / disposition
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教
   Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: lakṣaṇa, Pāli: lakkhaṇa, Japanese: sō (BCSD '相'; BL 'lakṣaṇa'; GHDC 2 '相' 9; Kroll 2015 '相' xiàng 4, p. 497)
5. xiàng verb to aid / to help
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 辅助 (GHDC 2 '相' 3; Guoyu '相' xiàng v 3; Kroll 2015 '相' xiàng 1, p. 497)
6. xiāng noun a chancellor / a prime minister / a high minister
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 宰相 or 丞相 (GHDC 2 '相' 5; Guoyu '相' xiàng n 2; Kroll 2015 '相' xiàng 1, p. 497; Wu and Tee 2015, loc. 1673)
7. xiàng noun nimitta / a sign / a mark / appearance
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教
   Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: nimitta, Japanese: sō (BCSD '相'; BL 'nimitta'; Kroll 2015 '相' xiàng 4a, p. 497)
8. xiàng noun sign / mark / liṅga
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教
   Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: liṅga, Japanese: sō (BL 'liṅga', p. 474)
9. xiàng noun a perception / cognition / conceptualization / a notion
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教
   Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: saṃjñā, Pāli: saññā (BCSD '相')
10. xiāng auxiliary verb alternately / in turn
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '相' xiāng auxiliary verb; Kroll 2015 '相' xiāng 2, p. 497)
11. xiāng proper noun Xiang
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (CCD 1 '相' 3; GHDC 1 '相' 4; Guoyu '相' xiāng n 1)
12. xiāng noun form substance
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 实质; FGS translation standard: Form (FE '相' 2; Tzu Chuang 2012; GHDC 1 '相' 3)
13. xiāng verb to express
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (GHDC 1 '相' 2)
14. xiàng verb to choose
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 选择 (GHDC 2 '相' 6; Guoyu '相' xiàng v 5)
15. xiāng proper noun Xiang
    Domain: History 历史 , Concept: Ancient City 古城
    Notes: (GHDC 2 '相' 8)
16. xiāng noun an ancient musical instrument
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (GHDC 2 '相' 10; Guoyu '相' xiàng n 4)
17. xiāng noun the seventh lunar month
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 相月 (GHDC 2 '相' 11)
18. xiāng verb to compare
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 比较 (Guoyu '相' xiāng adv 2)
19. xiàng verb to divine
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 占视 (Guoyu '相' xiàng v 2)
20. xiàng verb to administer
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 治理 (Guoyu '相' xiàng v 4)
21. xiàng noun helper for a blind person
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '相' xiàng n 3)
22. xiāng noun rhythm [music]
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '相' xiāng 3, p. 497)
23. xiāng noun the upper frets of a pipa
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '相' xiāng 3a, p. 497)
24. xiāng noun coralwood
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In 相思豆, see 海红豆 (Kroll 2015 '相' xiāng 4, p. 497; Wikipedia '海红豆')
25. xiàng noun ministry
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '相' xiàng 1a, p. 497)
26. xiàng verb to supplement / to enhance
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '相' xiàng 2, p. 497)

Contained in

• 破相 (of facial features) to be marred by a scar etc / to disfigure / to make a fool of oneself
• 相干 relevant / to have to do with / coherent (Physics: light etc)
• 形相 appearance / features ; to look over carefully / to scrutinize
• 分相 split phase (elec.)
• 相较(相較) to compare
• 相望 to look at each other / to face each other ; to be adjacent to / to be next to each other
• 相互保证毁灭(相互保證毀滅) Mutual Assured Destruction
• 相提并论(相提並論) to discuss two disparate things together / to mention on equal terms / to place on a par with
• 骨肉相连(骨肉相連) interrelated as bones and flesh / inseparably related / closely intertwined
• 奔走相告 to spread the news
• 名相 a famous prime minister
• 相遇 to meet / to encounter
• 真相大白 the whole truth is revealed / everything becomes clear
• 傻瓜相机(傻瓜相機) point-and-shoot camera / compact camera
• 手相 palmistry / palm reading
• 言行相顾(言行相顧) words and actions are consistent with each other
• 事件相关电位(事件相關電位) event-related potential
• 相攻 at war with each other
• 冤冤相报何时了(冤冤相報何時了) if revenge breeds revenge, will there ever be an end to it? (Buddhist saying)
• 相与(相與) each other ; to make friends with ; to make friends with ; friends
• 相互作用 to interact / interaction / interplay
• 自相残杀(自相殘殺) to massacre one another / internecine strife
• 互相推诿(互相推諉) mutually shirking responsibilities / each blaming the other / passing the buck to and fro
• 正邪相争(正邪相爭) progress of disease
• 要求相 desiderative mood / desiderative marker
• 好相识(好相識) to be polite ; a close acquaintance
• 相去万余里(相去萬餘里) each in a different corner of the World
• 相斥 mutual repulsion (e.g. electrostatic) / to repel one another
• 相公 lord / master / young gentleman / catamite / mahjong player disqualified by unintentionally taking in the wrong number of dominoes
• 赤诚相见(赤誠相見) candidly sharing confidences

Also contained in

无量相佛 、 向外相叉拳 、 三十二大丈夫相 、 八相成道 、 秘密相经 、 相山 、 世间相违 、 诸相 、 众生相 、 八相示现 、 楚汉相争 、 相应心 、 业系苦相 、 自教相违 、 法差别相违过 、 事相 、 因相 、 无相大乘宗 、 比量相违 、 寿者相 、 相续

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