肖像

Chinese

		similar; resembling; to resemble similar; resembling; to resemble; to be like	(look) like; similar (to); appearance (look) like; similar (to); appearance; to appear; to seem; image; portrait; resemble; seem
trad. (肖像)		肖	像
simp. #(肖像)		肖	像

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàoxiàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ciu³ zoeng⁶

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siàu-siǒng / siàu-siōng / siàu-chhiāng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàoxiàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàosiàng
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao⁴-hsiang⁴
    • Yale: syàu-syàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiawshianq
    • Palladius: сяосян (sjaosjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/

Note: The mispronunciation xiāoxiàng is very common.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ciu³ zoeng⁶
    • Yale: chiu jeuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsiu³ dzoeng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: qiu³ zêng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːu̯³³ t͡sœːŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siàu-siǒng
    • Tâi-lô: siàu-siǒng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siàu-siōng
    • Tâi-lô: siàu-siōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaosiong
    • IPA (Taipei): /siau¹¹⁻⁵³ siɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siau²¹⁻⁵³ siɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau²¹⁻⁴¹ siɔŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siàu-chhiāng
    • Tâi-lô: siàu-tshiāng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaochiang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siau²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiaŋ²²/

Noun

肖像

1. portrait; image

Derived terms

• 肖像權／肖像权 (xiàoxiàngquán)
• 肖像畫／肖像画

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (肖像):

• → Japanese: 肖像(しょうぞう) (shōzō)
• → Korean: 초상(肖像) (chosang)
• → Vietnamese: tiếu tượng (肖像)

See also

• 寫真／写真 (xiězhēn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
肖	像
しょう Grade: S	ぞう Grade: 5
on’yomi

Noun

肖(しょう)像(ぞう) • (shōzō) 

1. portrait