相輔相成

Chinese

		each other; appearance; portrait each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually	to assist; to complement; auxiliary	each other; appearance; portrait each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually	finish; complete; accomplish finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth
trad. (相輔相成)		相	輔	相	成
simp. (相辅相成)		相	辅	相	成

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāngfǔxiāngchéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄈㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄔㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ fu⁶ soeng¹ sing⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): siong-hú-siong-sêng / siong-hù-siong-sêng / siang-hù-siang-sêng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siang¹ hu⁶ siang¹ sêng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngfǔxiāngchéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄈㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siangfǔsiangchéng
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-fu³-hsiang¹-chʻêng²
    • Yale: syāng-fǔ-syāng-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangfuushiangcherng
    • Palladius: сянфусянчэн (sjanfusjančɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ fu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng¹ fu⁶ soeng¹ sing⁴
    • Yale: sēung fuh sēung sìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ fu⁶ soeng¹ sing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng¹ fu⁶ sêng¹ xing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵ fuː²² sœːŋ⁵⁵ sɪŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siong-hú-siong-sêng
    • Tâi-lô: siong-hú-siong-sîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sionghwsiongseeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siong-hù-siong-sêng
    • Tâi-lô: siong-hù-siong-sîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sionghuosiongseeng
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hu¹¹⁻⁵³ siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hu²¹⁻⁴¹ siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siang-hù-siang-sêng
    • Tâi-lô: siang-hù-siang-sîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sianghuosiangseeng
    • IPA (Taipei): /siaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hu¹¹⁻⁵³ siaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hu²¹⁻⁴¹ siaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: siang¹ hu⁶ siang¹ sêng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siang hŭ siang sêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siaŋ³³⁻²³ hu³⁵ siaŋ³³⁻²³ seŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

相輔相成

1. to be mutually supporting; to complement each other

   • 這同用說服教育的方法去解決人民內部的矛盾，是相輔相成的兩個方面。 [MSC, trad.]
     这同用说服教育的方法去解决人民内部的矛盾，是相辅相成的两个方面。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1957, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《關於正確處理人民內部矛盾的問題》 (On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Zhè tóng yòng shuōfú jiàoyù de fāngfǎ qù jiějué rénmín nèibù de máodùn, shì xiāngfǔxiāngchéng de liǎng gè fāngmiàn. [Pinyin]

     This and the method of persuasion and education complement each other in resolving contradictions among the people.