相
xiāngxiàngXiāng HSK2

mutual

相 xiāng frequency
mutually verb
each other; one another; mutually

两人相视而笑，一切尽在不言中。

liǎng rén xiāng​shì ér xiào, yī​qiè jìn zài bù yán zhōng.

The two of them looked at each other and smiled; everything was understood without words.

pipa fret noun
a fret on the neck of a pipa (lute), distinguished from the 'pin' frets on the soundboard

这把老琵琶上的相是用红木制成的。

zhè bǎ lǎo pí​pa shàng de xiāng shì yòng hóng​mù zhì​chéng de.

The 'xiang' frets on this old pipa are made of rosewood.

相 xiàng
appearance noun
outward appearance, portrait, or picture

他睡觉的相很不雅观，总是张着嘴。

tā shuì​jiào de xiàng hěn bù yǎ​guān, zǒng​shì zhāng zhe zuǐ.

His sleeping posture is quite unsightly; he always sleeps with his mouth open.

minister noun
a high-ranking government official or chancellor

那位老相辅佐了两代君王，在朝廷中拥有极高的威望。

nà​wèi lǎo xiàng fǔ​zuǒ le liǎng dài jūn​wáng, zài cháo​tíng zhōng yōng​yǒu jí gāo de wēi​wàng.

The old chancellor served two generations of monarchs and held immense prestige in the imperial court.

phase noun
a distinct state of matter or stage in a physical process

这个化学反应涉及到气、液、固三相的转化。

zhè​gè huà​xué fǎn​yìng shè​jí dào qì, yè, gù sān xiàng de zhuǎn​huà.

This chemical reaction involves the transformation of gas, liquid, and solid phases.

to appraise verb
to judge quality or read fortunes by scrutinizing physical features

他最擅长相马，一眼就能从马群中挑出真正的千里马。

tā zuì shàn​cháng xiàng mǎ, yī yǎn jiù néng cóng mǎ​qún zhōng tiāo​chū zhēn​zhèng de qiān​lǐ​mǎ.

He is a master at judging horses and can pick out a true prize steed from a herd at a single glance.

相 Xiāng
Xiang proper name
surname Xiang

相先生是一位著名的医生。

Xiāng xiān​sheng shì yī wèi zhù​míng de yī​shēng.

Mr. Xiang is a famous doctor.

Frequency
Character
Written text
152nd most common 1390.8 per million
Movie subtitles
172nd most common 1021.7 per million appears in 98% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
50.0 per million appears in 19% of films
Written text
154.7 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+76F8

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)