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相互

xiāng hù

HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word

相互 (xiāng hù) means "each other; mutual". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 相互 means

1. each other
2. mutual

How 相互 is used in grammar

相互 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 相互

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

Example sentences

• 我们的爱是相互的。
  Wǒmen de ài shì xiānghù de.
  Our love is mutual.
• 相互理解能促进和平。
  Xiānghù lǐjiě néng cùjìn hépíng.
  Mutual understanding promotes peace.
• 狮子为了得到食物相互争斗。
  Shīzi wèile dédào shíwù xiānghù zhēngdòu.
  The lions fought with each other to get food.
• 他们礼节性地相互打了个招呼。
  They exchanged formal greetings.
• 加利福尼亚州和内华达州相互接界。
  Jiālìfúníyà Zhōu hé Nèihuádá Zhōu xiānghù jiē jiè.
  California and Nevada border on each other.
• 有时候冰球运动员相互挑衅得太厉害以至于会引发斗殴。
  Yǒushíhou bīngqiú yùndòngyuán xiānghù tiǎoxìn de tài lìhai yǐzhìyú huì yǐnfā dòu'ōu.
  Sometimes hockey players get so competitive that fights break out.

Words starting with 相互

• 相互作用xiāng hù zuò yòngto interact; interaction; interplay
• 相互关系xiāng hù guān xìinterrelationship
• 相互保证毁灭xiāng hù bǎo zhèng huǐ mièmutual assured destruction
• 相互兼容xiāng hù jiān róngmutually compatible

Words containing 相互

• 强相互作用qiáng xiāng hù zuò yòngstrong interaction (in particle physics); strong force
• 核相互作用hé xiāng hù zuò yòngnuclear interaction
• 弱相互作用ruò xiāng hù zuò yòngweak interaction (in particle physics); weak force
• 电磁相互作用diàn cí xiāng hù zuò yòngelectromagnetic interaction (between particles); electromagnetic force (physics)

Go deeper

• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xiāng hù correctly.
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