相依

Chinese

		each other; appearance; portrait each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually	according to; depend on; near to according to; depend on; near to; (Eastern Min) kinship prefix
simp. and trad. (相依)		相	依

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāngyī

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ ji¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): siong-i / siang-i

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siang¹ i¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngyī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siangyi
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-i¹
    • Yale: syāng-yī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangi
    • Palladius: сянъи (sjanʺi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ i⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng¹ ji¹
    • Yale: sēung yī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ ji¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng¹ yi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵ jiː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siong-i
    • Tâi-lô: siong-i
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siong'y
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ³³ i³³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ i⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² i⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siang-i
    • Tâi-lô: siang-i
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siang'y
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² i⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: siang¹ i¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siang i
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siaŋ³³⁻²³ i³³/

Verb

相依

1. to depend on each other; to be interdependent

Derived terms

• 形影相依
• 相依為命 / 相依为命 (xiāngyīwéimìng)
• 脣齒相依 / 唇齿相依 (chúnchǐxiāngyī)
• 輔車相依 / 辅车相依