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亲

qīn

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 character level 4 Character Traditional 親

亲 (qīn) means "parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 亲 means

1. parent
2. one's own (flesh and blood)
3. relative
4. related
5. marriage
6. bride
7. close
8. intimate
9. in person
10. first-hand
11. in favor of
12. pro-
13. to kiss
14. net slangdear

Other readings

亲 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• qìngparents-in-law of one's offspring

Example sentences

• 亲我。
  Kiss me.
• 亲吧。
  Kiss it.
• 亲亲！
  Kiss!
• 别亲我！
  Don't kiss me.
• 亲爱的！
  My dear!
• 他想亲她。
  He wants to kiss her.

Words starting with 亲

• 亲戚qīn qia relative (i.e. family relation)
• 亲自qīn zìpersonally; in person; oneself
• 亲切qīn qièamiable; cordial; close and dear
• 亲爱qīn àidear; beloved; darling
• 亲身qīn shēnpersonal; oneself
• 亲热qīn rèaffectionate; intimate; warmhearted; to show affection for…
• 亲人qīn rénone's close relatives
• 亲密qīn mìintimate; close
• 亲情qīn qíngaffection; family love; love, esp. within a married couple or between parents and children
• 亲近qīn jìn(of people or relationships) close; intimate; to draw close to; to engage with…
• 亲眼qīn yǎnwith one's own eyes; personally
• 亲属qīn shǔkin; kindred; relatives
• 亲友qīn yǒufriends and relatives
• 亲手qīn shǒuwith one's own hands; personally
• 亲吻qīn wěnto kiss; kiss
• 亲生qīn shēngone's own (child) (i.e. one's child by birth); biological (parents); birth (parents)
• 亲王qīn wángprince
• 亲朋好友qīn péng hǎo yǒufriends and family; kith and kin
• 亲子qīn zǐparent and child; parent-child (relationship); two successive generations
• 亲历qīn lìto personally experience
• 亲亲qīn qīndear one; to kiss; friendly
• 亲笔qīn bǐin one's own handwriting
• 亲昵qīn nìintimate
• 亲眼目睹qīn yǎn mù dǔto see for oneself; to see with one's own eyes

Words containing 亲

• 父亲fù qīnfather; also pr. fù qin
• 母亲mǔ qīnmother
• 乡亲xiāng qīnfellow countryman (from the same village); local people; villager
• 探亲tàn qīnto go home to visit one's family
• 相亲xiāng qīnblind date; arranged interview to evaluate a proposed marriage partner…
• 父母亲fù mǔ qīnparents
• 可亲kě qīnkindly; nice; amiable
• 双亲shuāng qīnboth parents
• 和蔼可亲hé ǎi kě qīnaffable; genial
• 母亲节Mǔ qīn jiéMother's Day
• 成亲chéng qīnto get married
• 单亲dān qīnsingle parent
• 近亲jìn qīnclose relative
• 相亲相爱xiāng qīn xiāng ài(idiom) (of siblings, spouses etc) very close to each other; inseparable…
• 提亲tí qīnto propose marriage
• 母亲河mǔ qīn hélifeline river; river regarded as the cradle of a civilization
• 远亲yuǎn qīndistant relative
• 至亲zhì qīnnext of kin; closely related
• 娶亲qǔ qīnto take a wife
• 迎亲yíng qīn(of the groom's family) to send a bridal sedan chair 花轿 to fetch the bride…
• 举目无亲jǔ mù wú qīnto look up and see no-one familiar (idiom); not having anyone to rely on…
• 直系亲属zhí xì qīn shǔnext of kin; immediate dependant
• 娘亲niáng qīnmother
• 省亲xǐng qīnto visit one's parents

Characters that look like 亲

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 面miànface; side; surface
• 兼jiāndouble; twice; simultaneous
• 羞xiūshy; ashamed; shame
• 轰hōngexplosion; bang; boom
• 斋zhāito fast or abstain from meat, wine etc; vegetarian diet; study room
• 孬nāo(dialect) contracted form of 不好

Sounds the same

Read qīn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 侵to invade; to encroach; to infringe
• 钦to respect; to admire; to venerate
• 衾coverlet; quilt
• 嵚loftiness (of mountain)
• 骎fleet horse
• 綅red silk crest of helmet

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read qīn correctly.
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