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互相

hù xiāng

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word

互相 (hù xiāng) means "mutually / each other". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 互相 means

1. each other
2. mutually
3. mutual

How 互相 is used in grammar

互相 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.

• Manner Adverbs: 互相, 尽量, 亲自 (HSK 3)

The official HSK 3.0 grammar outline lists it at level 4, adverbs (方式副词).

The characters in 互相

• 互hùmutual
• 相xiāngeach other; one another; mutually

Example sentences

• 他们互相尊重。
  They have mutual respect.
• 我们互相帮忙。
  We help each other out.
• 他们互相超越。
  They surpassed one another.
• 他们在互相交谈。
  They are talking with each other.
• 我们互相不了解。
  We do not understand each other.
• 两条街道互相平行。
  Liǎng tiáo jiēdào hùxiāng píngxíng.
  The two streets run parallel to one another.

Words starting with 互相

• 互相依存hù xiāng yī cúninterdependent
• 互相联系hù xiāng lián xìmutually related; interconnected
• 互相连接hù xiāng lián jiēinterlinked
• 互相监督hù xiāng jiān dūmutual supervision
• 互相扯皮hù xiāng chě píto pass the buck; to shirk responsibility
• 互相推诿hù xiāng tuī wěimutually shirking responsibilities (idiom); each blaming the other…

Where 互相 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Social relationships & family (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read hù xiāng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.