xiáng

  1. xiáng noun good luck; blessing
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: For example, in 尚書·伊訓 ”The Book of Documents”, Instructions of Yi: 作善降之百祥 'on the good-doer he sends down all blessings' (trans. by Legge 186; Guoyu '祥' n 1; Unihan '祥')
  2. xiáng noun an omen
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: For example, in春秋左氏傳·僖公 ”The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals”, Lord Xi : 是何祥也?吉凶焉在? 'What do these portend? Where will the auspicious and the inauspicious events occur?' (trans. by Durrant, Li, and Schaberg 2016, p 331; Guoyu '祥' n 2; Unihan '祥')
  3. xiáng noun anniversary of a death
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '祥' n 3)
  4. xiáng proper noun Xiang
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '祥' n 4)
  5. xiáng adjective auspicious
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 吉利的 (Guoyu '祥' adj 1)
  6. xiáng adjective good
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 良善 (Guoyu '祥' adj 2)
  7. xiáng verb to comply; to submit
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 依从 (Guoyu '祥' v)

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