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亲戚

qīn qi

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 親戚 Measure word 门、个、位

亲戚 (qīn qi) means "relatives". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 亲戚 means

1. a relative (i.e. family relation)

The characters in 亲戚

• 亲qīnparent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative
• 戚qī(bound form) relatives; kin; (bound form) grief; sorrow; (old) battle-axe

Example sentences

• 穷人无亲戚。
  The poor man has no relatives.
• 我们不是她的亲戚。
  Wǒmen bù shì tā de qīnqi.
  We are not her relatives.
• 我常常访问我的亲戚。
  Wǒ chángcháng fǎngwèn wǒ de qīnqi.
  I often visit my relatives.
• 你是不是长岛家的亲戚？
  Nǐ shì bù shì Chángdǎo jiā de qīnqi?
  Are you related to the Nagashimas?
• 一个好友胜过十个亲戚。
  Yī gè hǎoyǒu shèngguò shí gè qīnqi.
  One good friend is better than ten relatives.
• 一个好朋友胜过十个亲戚。
  One good friend is better than ten relatives.

Words containing 亲戚

• 熊亲戚xióng qīn qi(colloquial) busybody relative
• 走亲戚zǒu qīn qito visit relatives

Where 亲戚 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.

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• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
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