相剋

Chinese

		each other; appearance; portrait each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually	to overcome; subdue; to overthrow to overcome; subdue; to overthrow; restrain; cut down; to be able to
trad. (相剋)		相	剋
simp. (相克)		相	克

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāngkè

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄎㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ hak¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sio-khek / saⁿ-khat / siong-khek / siang-khek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngkè
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄎㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siangkè
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-kʻo⁴
    • Yale: syāng-kè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangkeh
    • Palladius: сянкэ (sjankɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng¹ hak¹
    • Yale: sēung hāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ hak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng¹ heg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵ hɐk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sio-khek
    • Tâi-lô: sio-khik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioi'qeg
    • IPA (Taipei): /sio⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰiɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: saⁿ-khat
    • Tâi-lô: sann-khat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sva'qad
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sã⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰat̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siong-khek
    • Tâi-lô: siong-khik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siongqeg
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰiɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siang-khek
    • Tâi-lô: siang-khik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siangqeg
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰiɪk̚³²/

Verb

相剋

1. to repel one another; to contradict one another; to be mutually destructive; to be ill-matched

   五行相剋／五行相克  ―  wǔxíng xiāngkè  ―  to be ill-matched according to Wu Xing