相识 meaning in English

xiāngshí

to get to know each other; acquaintance

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 相識16 strokes

Meaning of 相识

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

xiāngshí
  1. to get to know each other
  2. acquaintance

相识 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

汤tāng姆mǔ和hé我wǒ相xiāng识shí很hěn久jiǔ了le。
Tom and I have known each other for a long time.
Smith 先xiān生shēng和hé我wǒ是shì老lǎo相xiāng识shí。
Mr Smith and I have been acquainted with each other for a long time.
史shǐ密mì斯sī先xiān生shēng是shì她tā的de一yí个gè相xiāng识shí。
Mr Smith is an acquaintance of hers.
这zhè看kàn起qǐ来lái似sì曾céng相xiāng识shí。
It seems so familiar.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

相 xiāng · mutual · 9 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9

识 shí · to know · 7 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7

Related words

Words that share a character with 相识.

认识rènshito know; to recognize
知识zhīshiknowledge; intellectual
相信xiāngxìnto believe; to be convinced; to accept as true
相同xiāngtóngidentical; same
相机xiàngjīcamera (abbr. for 照相機|照相机[zhao4 xiang4 ji1]); at the opportune moment
照相zhàoxiàngto take a photograph
相当xiāngdāngequivalent to; appropriate
互相hùxiāngeach other; mutually
相关xiāngguānrelated; relevant
相互xiānghùeach other; mutual
相似xiāngsìsimilar; alike
相比xiāngbǐto compare

Questions about 相识

What does 相识 mean?

相识 (xiāngshí) means "to get to know each other; acquaintance" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 相识?

相识 is made of 2 characters: 相 (9 strokes), 识 (7 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.

Is 相识 an HSK word?

Yes. 相识 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 相识 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 相识 is written 相識.