相近

Mandarin · pinyin xiāng jìn

Meanings

  1. close
  2. similar to
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相
xiāng · mutual, reciprocal, each other
近
jìn · near, close; approach; intimate
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1–4 · xiang1 jin4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

soeng1 gan6

Cantonese word readings for 相近. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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soeng1 gan6

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adj

  1. similar to; close to

verb

  1. to be similar to; to be close to
  2. (literary) to draw near; to approach

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