Chinese words starting with “xiang”
68 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable xiang. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 15 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial x · final iang · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 1st tone 36
- 2nd tone 3
- 3rd tone 11
- 4th tone 18
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 相信xiāng xìnHSK 2
to be convinced (that sth is true); to believe; to accept sth as true
- 想到xiǎng dàoHSK 2
to think of; to call to mind; to anticipate
- 项目xiàng mùHSK 4
item; project; (sports) event
- 享受xiǎng shòuHSK 5
to enjoy; to live it up; pleasure
- 相当xiāng dāngHSK 3
equivalent to; appropriate; considerably; to a certain extent; fairly; quite
- 想法xiǎng fǎHSK 2
way of thinking; opinion; notion; to think of a way (to do sth)
- 想象xiǎng xiàngHSK 4
to imagine; to envision; imagination
- 想起xiǎng qǐHSK 2
to recall; to think of; to call to mind
- 相关xiāng guānHSK 3
related; relevant; pertinent; to be interrelated; (statistics) correlation
- 相同xiāng tóngHSK 2
identical; same
- 相互xiāng hùHSK 3
each other; mutual
- 相比xiāng bǐHSK 3
to compare
- 相机xiàng jīHSK 2
camera (abbr. for 照相机); at the opportune moment; as the circumstances allow
- 相似xiāng sìHSK 3
similar; alike
- 香蕉xiāng jiāoHSK 3
banana
All 68 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | 向导 | xiàng dǎo | n | guide | |
| 52 | 相约 | xiāng yuē | v | to agree (on a meeting place, date etc); to reach agreement; to make an appointment | |
| 53 | 响声 | xiǎng shēng | n | noise | |
| 54 | 相声 | xiàng sheng | n | comic dialogue; sketch; crosstalk | |
| 55 | 相提并论 | xiāng tí bìng lùn | v | to discuss two disparate things together (idiom); to mention on equal terms; to place on a par with; (often with negatives: impossible to mention X in the same breath as Y) | |
| 56 | 橡皮 | xiàng pí | n | rubber; an eraser | |
| 57 | 祥和 | xiáng hé | a,an | auspicious and peaceful | |
| 58 | 详尽 | xiáng jìn | a,ad | thorough and detailed; exhaustive; the tedious details in full | |
| 59 | 镶嵌 | xiāng qiàn | v | to inlay; to embed; to set (e.g. a jewel in a ring); tiling; tesselation | |
| 60 | 相等 | xiāng děng | v | equal; equally; equivalent | |
| 61 | 乡镇 | xiāng zhèn | n | village; township | |
| 62 | 相比之下 | xiāng bǐ zhī xià | v | by comparison | |
| 63 | 乡亲 | xiāng qīn | n | fellow countryman (from the same village); local people; villager; the folks back home | |
| 64 | 相传 | xiāng chuán | v | to pass on; to hand down; tradition has it that ...; according to legend | |
| 65 | 相依为命 | xiāng yī wéi mìng | v | mutually dependent for life (idiom); to rely upon one another for survival; interdependent | |
| 66 | 相对而言 | xiāng duì ér yán | c | relatively speaking; comparatively speaking | |
| 67 | 香油 | xiāng yóu | n | sesame oil; perfumed oil | |
| 68 | 相辅相成 | xiāng fǔ xiāng chéng | v | to complement one another (idiom) |
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