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相知

相知

Chinese

		each other; appearance; portrait each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually	to know; to be aware
simp. and trad. (相知)		相	知

Verb

相知

to be well-acquainted with each other

Noun

相知

bosom friend; great friend

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xiāngzhī

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤㄓ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ zi¹
Min Nan (POJ): sio-chai / siang-ti / sio-chai

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiāngzhī
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤㄓ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangjy
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng¹ zi¹
  - Yale: sēung jī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ dzi¹
  - IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sio-chai
  - Tâi-lô: sio-tsai
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioizay
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɤ³³ t͡saɪ³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕio⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡saɪ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡saɪ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɤ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡saɪ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siang-ti
  - Tâi-lô: siang-ti
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siangdy
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ti⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sio-chai
  - Tâi-lô: sio-tsai
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioizay
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕio⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡saɪ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡saɪ⁴⁴/