# 相思
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiāngsī
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄙ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng$^1$ si$^1$
* 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): siang$^1$ se$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$shian-sy
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngsī
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄙ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siangsih
*** Wade–Giles: hsiang$^1$-ssŭ$^1$
*** Yale: syāng-sz̄
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangsy
*** Palladius: сянсы (sjansy)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$相思 鄉思／乡思
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (相思兒／相思儿)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngsīr
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄙㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siangsihr
*** Wade–Giles: hsiang$^1$-ssŭ$^1$-ʼrh
*** Yale: syāng-sīr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangsel
*** Palladius: сянсыр (sjansyr)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ sz̩ɻ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: soeng$^1$ si$^1$
*** Yale: sēung sī
*** Cantonese Pinyin: soeng$^1$ si$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sêng$^1$ xi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sœːŋ⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siông-sṳ̂
*** Hakka Romanization System: xiong$^ˊ$ sii$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: xiong$^1$ si$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /si̯oŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨ²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: siŏng-sṳ̆
*** Sinological IPA : /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: siang$^1$ se$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siang sṳ
*** Sinological IPA : /siaŋ³³⁻²³ sɯ³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$shian-sy
*** MiniDict: shian$^平$ sy
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$xian-sr
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕiã⁵⁵ sz̩²¹/

### Verb

相思
* 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)
* 憶著／忆着 (Xiamen Hokkien, Quanzhou Hokkien)
* 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
* lovesickness
* (Kinmenese Hokkien) acacia, especially the Taiwan acacia (Acacia confusa)

#### Synonyms

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

### Descendants

* → 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: [so̞ːɕi]

### Noun

相(そう)思(し) • (sōshi)
* 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)