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相近

相近

Chinese

		each other; appearance; portrait each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually	near; close (to); approximately
simp. and trad. (相近)		相	近

Adjective

相近

similar to; close to

Verb

相近

(literary) to draw near; to approach

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xiāngjìn

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤㄐㄧㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ gan⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siông-khiun
Min Nan (POJ): siong-kǔn / siong-kūn / siang-kīn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiāngjìn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤㄐㄧㄣˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangjinn
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng¹ gan⁶
  - Yale: sēung gahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ gan⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵ kɐn²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siông-khiun
  - Hakka Romanization System: xiong´ kiun
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xiong¹ kiun⁴
  - IPA: /ɕi̯oŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰi̯un⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siong-kǔn
  - Tâi-lô: siong-kǔn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɔŋ³³ kun²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siong-kūn
  - Tâi-lô: siong-kūn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siongkun
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kun²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siang-kīn
  - Tâi-lô: siang-kīn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siangkin
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kin²²/