相中

Chinese

		each other; appearance; portrait each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually	middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)
simp. and trad. (相中)		相	中

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāngzhòng, xiàngzhòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄓㄨㄥˋ, ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄓㄨㄥˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngzhòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄓㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siangjhòng
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-chung⁴
    • Yale: syāng-jùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangjonq
    • Palladius: сянчжун (sjančžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàngzhòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄓㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàngjhòng
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang⁴-chung⁴
    • Yale: syàng-jùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianqjonq
    • Palladius: сянчжун (sjančžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹/

Verb

相中

1. to fancy; to be to one's liking; to have a preference for
2. to choose; to settle for

Synonyms

• (fancy):

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• 看上 (kànshàng)
• 看中 (kànzhòng)
• 睇中 (tai² zung³) (Cantonese)
• 睇啱 (tai² ngaam¹) (Cantonese)

 

• (choose):

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• 取 (qǔ)
• 取捨 / 取舍 (qǔshě)
• 抉擇 / 抉择 (juézé)
• 挑選 / 挑选 (tiāoxuǎn)
• 掄 / 抡 (lún) (literary)
• 採擇 / 采择 (cǎizé)
• 揀 / 拣 (jiǎn)
• 揀擇 / 拣择 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 揀選 / 拣选 (jiǎnxuǎn)
• 摘
• 摘揀 / 摘拣 (Hokkien)
• 看中 (kànzhòng)
• 簡 / 简 (jiǎn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 選中 / 选中 (xuǎnzhòng)
• 選取 / 选取 (xuǎnqǔ)
• 選定 / 选定 (xuǎndìng)
• 選擇 / 选择 (xuǎnzé)