相逢

Chinese

		each other; appearance; portrait each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually	every time; meet by chance
trad. (相逢)		相	逢
simp. #(相逢)		相	逢

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāngféng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄈㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ fung⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siông-fùng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siong-hông / siang-hông / sa-pâng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngféng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄈㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siangfóng
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-fêng²
    • Yale: syāng-féng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangferng
    • Palladius: сянфэн (sjanfɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ fɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng¹ fung⁴
    • Yale: sēung fùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ fung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng¹ fung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵ fʊŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siông-fùng
    • Hakka Romanization System: xiong^ˊ fung^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xiong¹ fung²
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯oŋ²⁴ fuŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siong-hông
    • Tâi-lô: siong-hông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sionghoong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ³³ hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siang-hông
    • Tâi-lô: siang-hông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sianghoong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sa-pâng
    • Tâi-lô: sa-pâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sa'paang
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sa³³ paŋ²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: sjang bjowng

Rime
Character	相	逢
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	息良切	符容切
Baxter	sjang	bjowng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɨɐŋ/	/bɨoŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/siɐŋ/	/bioŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/siɑŋ/	/bioŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɨaŋ/	/buawŋ/
Li Rong	/siaŋ/	/bioŋ/
Wang Li	/sĭaŋ/	/bĭwoŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/si̯aŋ/	/bʱi̯woŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiāng	féng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	soeng1	fung4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s]aŋ  [C.b](r)oŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*slaŋ  boŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	相	逢
Reading #	1/2	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiāng	féng
Middle Chinese	‹ sjang ›	‹ bjowng ›
Old Chinese	/*[s]aŋ/	/*[C.b](r)oŋ/
English	mutually	encounter (v.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	相	逢
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	13579	3234
Phonetic component	相	丰
Rime group	陽	東
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	襄	逢
Old Chinese	/*slaŋ/	/*boŋ/

Verb

相逢

1. to meet by chance; to bump into each other; to run into each other

Synonyms

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• 值遇 (zhíyù) (literary)
• 慘遭 / 惨遭 (cǎnzāo) (to suffer)
• 拄著 / 拄着 (tú-tio̍h) (Hokkien)
• 攤 / 摊 (to befall)
• 相拄 (Hokkien)
• 相遇 (xiāngyù) (literary)
• 碰上 (pèngshàng)
• 碰到 (pèngdào)
• 碰見 / 碰见 (pèngjiàn)
• 蒙受 (méngshòu) (to suffer)
• 逢
• 遇 (yù)
• 遇到 (yùdào)
• 遇見 / 遇见 (yùjiàn)
• 遭受 (zāoshòu) (to suffer)
• 遭逢 (zāoféng)
• 遭遇 (zāoyù)

 

Derived terms

• 久別相逢 / 久别相逢
• 人生何處不相逢 / 人生何处不相逢 (rénshēng héchù bù xiāngféng)
• 傾蓋相逢 / 倾盖相逢
• 恨不相逢未嫁時 / 恨不相逢未嫁时 (hèn bù xiāngféng wèi jià shí)
• 有緣千里來相會，無緣對面不相逢 / 有缘千里来相会，无缘对面不相逢
• 狹路相逢 / 狭路相逢 (xiálùxiāngféng)
• 異地相逢 / 异地相逢
• 相逢恨晚
• 相逢狹路 / 相逢狭路
• 萍水相逢 (píngshuǐxiāngféng)
• 邂逅相逢
• 陌路相逢
• 魚水相逢 / 鱼水相逢