相思

Chinese

		each other; appearance; portrait each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually	to think; to consider
simp. and trad. (相思)		相	思

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāngsī

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ si¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siông-sṳ̂
• Eastern Min (BUC): siŏng-sṳ̆
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): siuⁿ-si / sioⁿ-si / siong-su / siong-sir / siang-su

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siang¹ se¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹shian-sy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngsī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siangsih
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-ssŭ¹
    • Yale: syāng-sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangsy
    • Palladius: сянсы (sjansy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (相思兒／相思儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngsīr
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄙㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siangsihr
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-ssŭ¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: syāng-sīr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangsel
    • Palladius: сянсыр (sjansyr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ sz̩ɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng¹ si¹
    • Yale: sēung sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng¹ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siông-sṳ̂
    • Hakka Romanization System: xiong´ sii´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xiong¹ si¹
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯oŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨ²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: siŏng-sṳ̆
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /suoŋ⁵⁵ ^(s-)ny⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Yilan, Kinmen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siuⁿ-si
    • Tâi-lô: siunn-si
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sviusy
    • IPA (Xiamen, Kinmen): /siũ⁴⁴⁻²² si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Yilan): /siũ⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sioⁿ-si
    • Tâi-lô: sionn-si
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svioisy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɔ̃⁴⁴⁻²² si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Tainan): /siɔ̃⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siong-su
    • Tâi-lô: siong-su
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siongsw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ su⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siong-sir
    • Tâi-lô: siong-sir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ³³ sɯ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siang-su
    • Tâi-lô: siang-su
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siangsw
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² su⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: siang¹ se¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siang sṳ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siaŋ³³⁻²³ sɯ³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹shian-sy
    • MiniDict: shian^平 sy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹xian-sr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕiã⁵⁵ sz̩²¹/

Verb

相思

1. to yearn for; to pine for; to miss each other

   飽受相思之苦／饱受相思之苦  ―  bǎoshòu xiāngsī zhī kǔ  ―  to suffer from severe lovesickness

Synonyms

• 念想 (niànxiǎng)
• 思 (literary, or in compounds)
• 思念 (sīniàn)
• 思慕 (sīmù)
• 思量 (sīliáng) (literary)
• 想念 (xiǎngniàn)
• 感想 (gǎnxiǎng) (literary)
• 懷／怀 (huái) (literary)
• 懷念／怀念 (huáiniàn)
• 懷想／怀想 (huáixiǎng)
• 眷念 (juànniàn) (formal)
• 眷戀／眷恋 (juànliàn) (formal)

 

Derived terms

• 單相思／单相思 (dānxiāngsī)
• 病相思 (bìngxiāngsī)
• 相思仔
• 相思債／相思债
• 相思卦
• 相思套
• 相思子
• 相思木
• 相思樹／相思树 (xiāngsīshù)
• 相思病 (xiāngsībìng)
• 相思草
• 相思豆
• 相思鳥／相思鸟
• 長相思／长相思

 

Noun

相思

1. lovesickness
2. (Kinmen Hokkien) acacia, especially the Taiwan acacia (Acacia confusa)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 相思樹 (“Taiwan acacia”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		相思樹
Mandarin	Taiwan	相思樹
Cantonese	Hong Kong	臺灣相思
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	香絲樹, 相思樹
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	香絲樹, 相思樹
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	香絲樹, 相思樹
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	香絲樹, 相思樹
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	香絲樹, 相思樹
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	相思樹
Southern Min	Taipei	相思仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	相思仔
	Kaohsiung	相思仔
	Yilan	相思仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	相思欉
	Taichung	相思仔
	Tainan	相思仔
	Hsinchu	相思仔
	Kinmen	相思
	Penghu (Magong)	相思樹

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (相思):

• → Japanese: 相(そう)思(し) (sōshi)
• → Korean: 상사(相思) (sangsa)
• → Vietnamese: tương tư (相思)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
相	思
そう Grade: 3	し Grade: 2
goon

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) そ​ーし [sóꜜòshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [so̞ːɕi]

Noun

相(そう)思(し) • (sōshi) ^{←さうし (sausi)?}

1. Synonym of 相思相愛 (sōshi sōai, “mutual love”)

See also

• 相(ソウ)思(シ)樹(ジュ) (sōshiju)
• 相(ソウ)思(シ)鳥(チョウ) (sōshichō)