相
xiāng
each other
surname Xiang; one another; mutually; fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3])
tree (木) + eye (目) = looking at each other
An eye gazing at a tree captures the act of careful observation — and from observation of one another grows the idea of mutual relation. The pipa fret meaning is a specialized extension rooted in the same idea of a structural point of contact.
我们两个人相爱已经三年了。
wǒ men liǎng gè rén xiāng ài yǐ jīng sān nián le。
The two of us have loved each other for three years already.
他们在困难的时候相互帮助，从不放弃。
tā men zài kùn nán de shí hou xiāng hù bāng zhù， cóng bù fàng qì。
They help one another in difficult times and never give up.
Words with 相
变相
biàn xiàng
in disguised form
不相容
bù xiāng róng
incompatible
相争
xiāng zhēng
to vie against one another
相逢
xiāng féng
to meet (by chance)
相同
xiāng tóng
identical
单相
dān xiàng
single phase (elec.)
照相机
zhào xiàng jī
camera
肝胆相照
gān dǎn xiāng zhào
to treat one another with absolute sincerity (idiom); to show total devotion
两相
liǎng xiāng
both sides
大不相同
dà bù xiāng tóng
not at all the same
相亲
xiāng qīn
blind date
相对湿度
xiāng duì shī dù
relative humidity