相逢

Chinese

		each other; appearance; portrait each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually	every time; meet by chance
trad. (相逢)		相	逢
simp. ^#(相逢)		相	逢

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiāngféng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤㄈㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ fung⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siông-fùng
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siong-hông / siang-hông / sa-pâng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngféng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤㄈㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siangfóng
  - Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-fêng²
  - Yale: syāng-féng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangferng
  - Palladius: сянфэн (sjanfɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ fɤŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng¹ fung⁴
  - Yale: sēung fùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ fung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng¹ fung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵ fʊŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siông-fùng
  - Hakka Romanization System: xiong^ˊ fung^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xiong¹ fung²
  - Sinological IPA: /si̯oŋ²⁴ fuŋ¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siong-hông
  - Tâi-lô: siong-hông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sionghoong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ³³ hɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siang-hông
  - Tâi-lô: siang-hông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sianghoong
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ¹³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sa-pâng
  - Tâi-lô: sa-pâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sa'paang
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sa³³ paŋ²⁴/

Middle Chinese: sjang bjowng

Rime
Character	相	逢
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	息良切	符容切
Baxter	sjang	bjowng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɨɐŋ/	/bɨoŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/siɐŋ/	/bioŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/siɑŋ/	/bioŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɨaŋ/	/buawŋ/
Li Rong	/siaŋ/	/bioŋ/
Wang Li	/sĭaŋ/	/bĭwoŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯aŋ/	/bʱi̯woŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiāng	féng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	soeng¹	fung⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[s]aŋ [C.b](r)oŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*slaŋ boŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	相	逢
Reading #	1/2	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiāng	féng
Middle Chinese	‹ sjang ›	‹ bjowng ›
Old Chinese	/*[s]aŋ/	/*[C.b](r)oŋ/
English	mutually	encounter (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	逢
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	13579	3234
Phonetic component	相	丰
Rime group	陽	東
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	襄	逢
Old Chinese	/*slaŋ/	/*boŋ/

Verb

相逢

to meet by chance; to bump into each other; to run into each other

Synonyms

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值遇 (zhíyù) (literary)
慘遭／惨遭 (cǎnzāo) (to suffer)
拄著／拄着 (tú-tio̍h) (Hokkien)
攤／摊 (to befall)
相拄 (Hokkien)
相遇 (xiāngyù) (literary)
碰上 (pèngshàng)
碰到 (pèngdào)
碰見／碰见 (pèngjiàn)
蒙受 (méngshòu) (to suffer)
逢
遇 (yù)
遇到 (yùdào)
遇見／遇见 (yùjiàn)
遭受 (zāoshòu) (to suffer)
遭逢 (zāoféng)
遭遇 (zāoyù)

Derived terms

久別相逢／久别相逢
人生何處不相逢／人生何处不相逢 (rénshēng héchù bù xiāngféng)
傾蓋相逢／倾盖相逢
恨不相逢未嫁時／恨不相逢未嫁时 (hèn bù xiāngféng wèi jià shí)
有緣千里來相會，無緣對面不相逢／有缘千里来相会，无缘对面不相逢
狹路相逢／狭路相逢 (xiálùxiāngféng)
異地相逢／异地相逢
相逢恨晚
相逢狹路／相逢狭路
萍水相逢 (píngshuǐxiāngféng)
邂逅相逢
陌路相逢
魚水相逢／鱼水相逢