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相公
xiànggong
Main
English Definitionlord; master; young gentleman; male prostitute; catamite; mahjong player disqualified by unintentionally taking in the wrong number of dominoes; (old form of address for one's husband) husband
Simplified Script相公
Traditional ScriptSame
Pinyinxiànggong
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)
Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄍㄨㄥ˙
Cantonese (Jyutping)soeng3gung1
Word Decomposition
相xiàngappearance; portrait; picture; government minister; (physics) phase; (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features); to read somebody's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)
公gōngpublic; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal)

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Words With Same Head Word    
相机xiàngjīcamera (abbr. for 照相机); at the opportune moment; as the circumstances allow
相片xiàngpiànimage; photograph
相声xiàngshengcomic dialogue; sketch; crosstalk
相册xiàngcèphoto album
相貌xiàngmàoappearance
Words With Same Tail Word    
老公lǎogong(coll.) eunuch; see also 老公
公公gōnggonghusband's father; grandpa; eunuch
老公公lǎo gōnggongold man; husband's father; father-in-law; court eunuch
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