相 xiāng
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 目 — eye
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
相遇
xiāngyù
to meet; to encounter
Characters in this word
遇 yù
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 禺 district
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 两位研究者在一次偶然的会议上相遇，却由此开启了长期合作。 Liǎng wèi yánjiūzhě zài yí cì ǒurán de huìyì shàng xiāngyù, què yóu cǐ kāiqǐ le chángqī hézuò. The two researchers met at a chance conference, and from that began a long-term collaboration.
- 我们在街角的咖啡店偶然相遇了。 Wǒmen zài jiējiǎo de kāfēidiàn ǒurán xiāngyù le. We met by chance at the coffee shop on the corner.
- 两条小河在山脚下相遇，汇成一条大河。 Liǎng tiáo xiǎohé zài shānjiǎo xià xiāngyù, huì chéng yì tiáo dàhé. Two small rivers meet at the foot of the mountain and merge into one big river.