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相逢

相逢

Chinese

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

Verb

相逢

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

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
異地相逢／异地相逢

相逢恨晚
相逢狹路／相逢狭路
萍水相逢 (píngshuǐ xiàngféng)
邂逅相逢
陌路相逢
魚水相逢／鱼水相逢

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xiāngféng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤㄈㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ fung⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siông-fùng
Min Nan (POJ): siong-hông / siang-hông / sa-pâng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiāngféng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤㄈㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangfengr
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ fɤŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng¹ fung⁴
  - Yale: sēung fùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ fung⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵ fʊŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siông-fùng
  - Hakka Romanization System: xiong´ fungˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xiong¹ fung²
  - IPA: /ɕi̯oŋ²⁴ fuŋ¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siong-hông
  - Tâi-lô: siong-hông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sionghoong
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɔŋ³³ hɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siang-hông
  - Tâi-lô: siang-hông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sianghoong
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ¹³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sa-pâng
  - Tâi-lô: sa-pâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sa'paang
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sa³³ paŋ²⁴/