# 相見
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiāngjiàn
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng$^1$ gin$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siông-kien / siông-kian
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): saⁿ-kìⁿ / sio-kìⁿ / siong-kiàn / sio-kiàn
    (Teochew, Peng'im): siê$^1$ gin$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngjiàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siangjiàn
*** Wade–Giles: hsiang$^1$-chien$^4$
*** Yale: syāng-jyàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangjiann
*** Palladius: сянцзянь (sjanczjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$相見 / 相见 相間 / 相间
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: soeng$^1$ gin$^3$
*** Yale: sēung gin
*** Cantonese Pinyin: soeng$^1$ gin$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sêng$^1$ gin$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /sœːŋ⁵⁵ kiːn³³/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siông-kien
*** Hakka Romanization System: xiong$^ˊ$ gien
*** Hagfa Pinyim: xiong$^1$ gian$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /si̯oŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ki̯en⁵⁵/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siông-kian
*** Hakka Romanization System: xiong$^ˊ$ gian
*** Hagfa Pinyim: xiong$^1$ gian$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /si̯oŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ki̯an⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: saⁿ-kìⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: sann-kìnn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sva'kvix
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /sã⁴⁴⁻³³ kĩ²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /sã⁴⁴⁻³³ kĩ¹¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /sã⁴⁴⁻²² kĩ²¹/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sio-kìⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: sio-kìnn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sioi'kvix
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ kĩ²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /sio⁴⁴⁻³³ kĩ¹¹/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siong-kiàn
*** Tâi-lô: siong-kiàn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siongkiexn
*** IPA (Taipei): /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɛn¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɛn²¹/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sio-kiàn
*** Tâi-lô: sio-kiàn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sioi'kiexn
*** IPA (Taipei): /sio⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɛn¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɛn²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: siê$^1$ gin$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sie kìⁿ
*** Sinological IPA : /sie³³⁻²³ kĩ²¹³/
* Middle Chinese: sjang kenH
Rime :
| Character | 相 | 見 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 心 (16) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 陽 (105) | 先 (85) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | IV |
| Fanqie | 息良切 | 古電切 |
| Baxter | sjang | kenH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /sɨɐŋ/ | /ken$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /siɐŋ/ | /ken$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /siɑŋ/ | /kɛn$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /sɨaŋ/ | /kɛn$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /siaŋ/ | /ken$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /sĭaŋ/ | /kien$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /si̯aŋ/ | /kien$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xiāng | jiàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | soeng$^1$ | gin$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s]aŋ [k]ˤen-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*slaŋ keːns/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 相 | 見 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/3 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | xiāng | jiàn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ sjang › | ‹ ken$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[s]aŋ/ | /*[k]ˁen-s/ |
| English | mutually | see (v.) |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 相 | 見 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/2 |
| No. | 13579 | 6192 |
| Phonetic component | 相 | 見 |
| Rime group | 陽 | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 襄 | 見 |
| Old Chinese | /*slaŋ/ | /*keːns/ |

### Verb

相見
* to meet up with; to see (someone)
       Ài, wǒ bùzhī héshí zài néng yǔ tā xiāngjiàn. [Pinyin]
       Alas, I do not know when I will see him again.

#### Derived terms

* 仇人相見，分外眼紅 / 仇人相见，分外眼红 (chóurén xiāngjiàn, fènwài yǎnhóng)
* 兵戎相見 / 兵戎相见 (bīngróngxiāngjiàn)
* 相見恨晚 / 相见恨晚 (xiāngjiànhènwǎn)

#### See also

* 相會／相会 (xiānghuì), 相逢 (xiāngféng), 見面／见面 (jiànmiàn), 會面／会面 (huìmiàn)