# 相親
## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiāngqīn, xiàngqīn
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄑㄧㄣ, ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄑㄧㄣ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng$^3$ can$^1$ / soeng$^1$ can$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siong-chhîn
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siòng-chhin
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngqīn
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄑㄧㄣ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siangcin
*** Wade–Giles: hsiang$^1$-chʻin$^1$
*** Yale: syāng-chīn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangchin
*** Palladius: сянцинь (sjancinʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$相親／相亲 鄉親／乡亲
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan, prescribed variant in Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiàngqīn
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄑㄧㄣ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siàngcin
*** Wade–Giles: hsiang$^4$-chʻin$^1$
*** Yale: syàng-chīn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianqchin
*** Palladius: сянцинь (sjancinʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: soeng$^3$ can$^1$ / soeng$^1$ can$^1$
*** Yale: seung chān / sēung chān
*** Cantonese Pinyin: soeng$^3$ tsan$^1$ / soeng$^1$ tsan$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sêng$^3$ cen$^1$ / sêng$^1$ cen$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sœːŋ³³ t͡sʰɐn⁵⁵/, /sœːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐn⁵⁵/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$相親／相亲 雙親／双亲
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siong-chhîn
*** Hakka Romanization System: xiong qin$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: xiong$^4$ qin$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /si̯oŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰin²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siòng-chhin
*** Tâi-lô: siòng-tshin
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siorngchyn
*** IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰin⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰin⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /siɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰin⁴⁴/

#### Verb

相親
* to see and assess the suitability of a prospective husband or wife, or son or daughter-in-law; to have a blind date
    擇日相親／择日相亲 ― zérì xiāngqīn ― to set a date for meeting a prospective mate

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 相親 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 相親 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 相親 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 相親 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 相親 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 相親 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 相親 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 相親, 相對象, 相看 dated |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 相親, 相看, 相門戶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 相親, 相看 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 相親 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 相親, 相看 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 相親, 相看 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 相親, 相看 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 相親, 相相 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 相親, 相相 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 相親 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 相看, 相 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 相親, 相人兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 相親, 相, 見面兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 相親 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 相親 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 看人兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 過目, 看人兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 相親, 看人兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 驗親 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 相親 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 相親 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 見面 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 相親 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 相親, 相相 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 相親 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 相親 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 相親 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 相親, 相看 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 相親, 相看 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 相親 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 看親哩 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 相親 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 相親 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 相親 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 相親 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 相親, 相面 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 上門 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 相親 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 相親, 相對象 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 相親, 見面, 看人 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 相親 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 相親 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 相親 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 相親, 看人 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 相人, 看人 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 相親, 相看, 對親 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 相親, 看親 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 相親 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 相親, 會面 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 相親 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 相親 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 相親 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 相 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 看家屋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 會親 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 相親 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 相親 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 相親 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 現郎 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 看親事 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 相親, 相看, 看對象 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 相親 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 相親, 相 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 相親 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 相親 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 相親 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 相親 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 相親 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 相親 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 會面, 看家 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 相睇 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 相睇 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 相睇 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 看妹仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 相親 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 相親 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 相親 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 相親 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 相親 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 相親 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 相親, 相看 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 相親, 相看 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 相看, 相, 看人家 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 相親, 相看 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 相親 |
| Jin | Linhe | 看對象 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 相親 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 相看 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 相親 |
| Jin | Handan | 相親, 相看 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 相親 |
| Jin | Suide | 相親 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 覷親 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 看親 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 相親 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 對看, 對相, 相親 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 相親 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 望對象 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 相親 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 相親 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 看人 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 相親 |
| Wu | Danyang | 相親 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 相親 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 相親 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 踏親 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 望人 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 相親 |

##### Derived terms

* 相親會／相亲会

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiāngqīn
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄑㄧㄣ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng$^1$ can$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siông-chhîn
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngqīn
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄑㄧㄣ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siangcin
*** Wade–Giles: hsiang$^1$-chʻin$^1$
*** Yale: syāng-chīn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangchin
*** Palladius: сянцинь (sjancinʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$相親／相亲 鄉親／乡亲
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: soeng$^1$ can$^1$
*** Yale: sēung chān
*** Cantonese Pinyin: soeng$^1$ tsan$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sêng$^1$ cen$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sœːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐn⁵⁵/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$相親／相亲 雙親／双亲
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siông-chhîn
*** Hakka Romanization System: xiong$^ˊ$ qin$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: xiong$^1$ qin$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /si̯oŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰin²⁴/

#### Verb

相親
* to be deeply attracted to each other; to love each other

##### Derived terms

* 相親相愛／相亲相爱 (xiāngqīnxiāng'ài)
* 腹背相親／腹背相亲