相互

xiānghù

adverb HSK 3 #3,176

Meanings

1 each other; mutual
2 mutually; reciprocally

Characters

mutually; each other

mutual; reciprocal

Examples

HSK 2

我们应该相互帮助。

Wǒmen yīnggāi xiānghù bāngzhù.

We should help each other.

HSK 4

朋友之间要相互理解。

Péngyou zhījiān yào xiānghù lǐjiě.

Friends should understand each other.

HSK 5

他们相互尊重。

Tāmen xiānghù zūnzhòng.

They respect each other.

Tips

usage

相互 is more formal than 互相, which has the same meaning but reversed character order. Both are correct.

Stroke Order

相 xiāng

互 hù