相羊

Chinese

		each other; appearance; portrait each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually	caprid
simp. and trad. (相羊)		相	羊
alternative forms		相佯 相徉 襄羊

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāngyáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄧㄤˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngyáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siangyáng
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-yang²
    • Yale: syāng-yáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangyang
    • Palladius: сянъян (sjanʺjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ jɑŋ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: sjang yang

Rime
Character	相	羊
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	息良切	與章切
Baxter	sjang	yang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɨɐŋ/	/jɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/siɐŋ/	/jiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/siɑŋ/	/iɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɨaŋ/	/jɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/siaŋ/	/iaŋ/
Wang Li	/sĭaŋ/	/jĭaŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/si̯aŋ/	/i̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiāng	yáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	soeng1	joeng4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s]aŋ  ɢaŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*slaŋ  laŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	相	羊
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiāng	yáng
Middle Chinese	‹ sjang ›	‹ yang ›
Old Chinese	/*[s]aŋ/	/*ɢaŋ/
English	mutually	sheep
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	相	羊
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	13579	14535
Phonetic component	相	羊
Rime group	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	襄	陽
Old Chinese	/*slaŋ/	/*laŋ/

Verb

相羊

1. Synonym of 徜徉 (chángyáng, “to wander; to roam about”)