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Definition 2024

看相

看相

Chinese

		to see; to look at; to look after to see; to look at; to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard; it depends; think	each other; appearance; portrait each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually
simp. and trad. (看相)		看	相

Verb

看相

to practise physiognomy; to tell fortune by reading the subject's facial features

Synonyms

(Cantonese) 睇相

Noun

看相

appearance

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): kànxiàng

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hon³ soeng³
Min Nan (POJ): khòaⁿ-siòng / khòaⁿ-siùⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: kànxiàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kannshianq
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰa̠n⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hon³ soeng³
  - Yale: hon seung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hon³ soeng³
  - IPA ^(key): /hɔːn³³ sœːŋ³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòaⁿ-siòng / khòaⁿ-siùⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: khuànn-siòng / khuànn-siùnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qvoarsioxng, qvoarsviux
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ ɕiɔŋ²¹/, /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ ɕiũ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰuã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɕiɔŋ⁴¹/, /kʰuã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɕiũ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ ɕiɔŋ²¹/, /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ ɕiũ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰuã¹¹⁻⁵³ ɕiɔŋ¹¹/, /kʰuã¹¹⁻⁵³ ɕiũ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁴¹ ɕiɔŋ²¹/, /kʰuã²¹⁻⁴¹ ɕiũ²¹/