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
• Eastern Min (BUC): siŏng-sṳ̆
• Southern Min

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

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siang¹ se¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹shian-sy

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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): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ 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-ssŭ¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: syāng-sīr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangsel
    • Palladius: сянсыр (sjansyr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ sz̩ɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng¹ si¹
    • Yale: sēung sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng¹ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siông-sṳ̂
    • Hakka Romanization System: xiong^ˊ sii^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xiong¹ si¹
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯oŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨ²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: siŏng-sṳ̆
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /suoŋ⁵⁵ ^(s-)ny⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Yilan, Kinmen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siuⁿ-si
    • Tâi-lô: siunn-si
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sviusy
    • IPA (Xiamen, Kinmen): /siũ⁴⁴⁻²² si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Yilan): /siũ⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sioⁿ-si
    • Tâi-lô: sionn-si
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svioisy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɔ̃⁴⁴⁻²² si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Tainan): /siɔ̃⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siong-su
    • Tâi-lô: siong-su
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siongsw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ su⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siong-sir
    • Tâi-lô: siong-sir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ³³ sɯ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siang-su
    • Tâi-lô: siang-su
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siangsw
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² su⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: siang¹ se¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siang sṳ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siaŋ³³⁻²³ sɯ³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹shian-sy
    • MiniDict: shian^平 sy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹xian-sr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /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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• 念想 (niànxiǎng)
• 思 (literary, or in compounds)
• 思念 (sīniàn)
• 思慕 (sīmù)
• 思量 (sīliáng) (literary)
• 想念 (xiǎngniàn)
• 感想 (gǎnxiǎng) (literary)
• 憶著 / 忆着 (Xiamen Hokkien, Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 懷 / 怀 (huái) (literary)
• 懷念 / 怀念 (huáiniàn)
• 懷想 / 怀想 (huáixiǎng)
• 眷念 (juànniàn) (formal)
• 眷戀 / 眷恋 (juànliàn) (formal)

 

Derived terms

• 單相思 / 单相思 (dānxiāngsī)
• 病相思 (bìngxiāngsī)
• 相思仔
• 相思債 / 相思债
• 相思卦
• 相思套
• 相思子
• 相思木
• 相思樹 / 相思树 (xiāngsīshù)
• 相思病 (xiāngsībìng)
• 相思草
• 相思豆
• 相思鳥 / 相思鸟
• 長相思 / 长相思

 

Noun

相思

1. lovesickness
2. (Kinmenese 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
Northeastern 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
Southern Min	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
Puxian Min	Putian	海松柏, 番囝松柏

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (相思):

• → Japanese: 相(そう)思(し) (sōshi)
• → Korean: 상사(相思) (sangsa)
• → Vietnamese: tương tư (相思)

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

• (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)