xiāng = xi + ang1
each other / one another / mutually / fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3])
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xiàng = xi + ang4
appearance / portrait / picture / government minister / (physics) phase / (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features) / to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)
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How to pronounce 相

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= xi initial

Xi is for Xi Shi (西施), one of the renowned Four Beauties of ancient China.

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+ ang1 final

In front of the anglepod.

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= xi initial

Xi is for Xi Shi (西施), one of the renowned Four Beauties of ancient China.

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+ ang4 final

In the anglepod’s bathroom.

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相 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
= mu + Ø4
(bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive; numb; wooden
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= mu + Ø4
eye / (literary) to look; to regard / eye (of a net); mesh / mesh size; grit size (abbr. for 目數|目数[mu4 shu4]) / item; section / list; catalogue / (taxonomy) order / name; title
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Characters with 相 as component

xiǎng = xi + ang3
to think / to believe / to suppose / to wish / to want / to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth)
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xiǎng = xi + ang3
to think (about) / to think of; to devise / to think (that); to believe (that) / to desire; to want (to) / to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
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xiāng = xi + ang1
box / trunk / chest
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Words with 相

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to be convinced (that sth is true) / to believe / to accept sth as true
to be convinced (that sth is true); to believe; to accept sth as true
the truth about sth / the actual facts

Sentences with 相

men
zhè
huā
guǒ
shān
shì
xiāng
tóng
a

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xiāng / xiàng

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The Ent is a towering, bipedal humanoid Ent with a torso made of thick, gnarled English Oak bark. His face is deeply recessed into the trunk, featuring a wide, flat nose formed by a horizontal burl and deep-set eyes that glow with a soft amber light. He has a long, braided beard made of hanging grey Spanish moss and thick lichen. His fingers are elongated, tapering willow branches with small, budding emerald-green leaves at the tips. He wears no clothing, but his shoulders are overgrown with a dense shelf of bright green forest moss and small white fungal caps.