相
xiàng
appearance
portrait; picture; government minister; (physics) phase; (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features); to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)
他请人给自己看了手相。
tā qǐng rén gěi zìjǐ kàn le shǒu xiàng。
He asked someone to read his palm.
这位老人善于相马，一眼就能看出好马。
zhè wèi lǎorén shànyú xiàng mǎ，yī yǎn jiù néng kànchū hǎo mǎ。
This old man is skilled at appraising horses and can spot a good one at a glance.
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