HSK 4 · Function Words

互相 hùxiāng “each other” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 互相 means

  1. each other
  2. mutually
  3. mutual

How to say 互相

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale互hù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale相xiāng1st tone, high and level

互相 in a sentence

  1. 让我们互相帮忙吧。

    Ràng wǒmen hùxiāng bāngmáng ba.

    Let’s help each other.

    Sentence #6148625 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他们互相尊重。

    Tāmen hùxiāng zūnzhòng.

    They respect each other.

    Sentence #787298 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我们互相不了解。

    Wǒmen hùxiāng bù liǎojiě.

    We don’t understand each other.

    Sentence #1076305 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 互相 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 互 (hù) drawn as one shape
互hùmutual

互 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 相 (xiāng) with each of its parts in a different colour
相xiāngeach other
  • 木tree · mù
  • 目eye · mù

Memory aidAn eye 目 looking at a tree 木: to look at, and so “each other”.

How to write 互相

互 4 strokes · 相 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

互相 (hùxiāng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 互相 (hùxiāng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 互相

Words with 互

互联网hùliánwǎng · the internet

Words with 相

相信xiāngxìn · to believe照相zhàoxiàng · to take a photo相机xiàngjī · camera照相机zhàoxiàngjī · camera相反xiāngfǎn · opposite相同xiāngtóng · the same相处xiāngchǔ · to get along (with someone)相似xiāngsì · similar相当xiāngdāng · equivalent to相对xiāngduì · relatively

More words: Particles & Connectors

各gè · each共同gòngtóng · common故意gùyì · deliberately光guāng · light接着jiēzhe · next及时jíshí · timely即使jíshǐ · even if既然jìrán · since

FAQs

互相 (hùxiāng) means “each other” or “mutually”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it hùxiāng: hù with a 4th tone, then xiāng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 互相 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type huxiang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 互相 from the suggestions. Typing huxiang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
互相 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.