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和蔼可亲

hé ǎi kě qīn

4-character word Traditional 和藹可親

What 和蔼可亲 means

1. affable
2. genial

The characters in 和蔼可亲

• 和hé(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. hàn); (math) sum; to make peace
• 蔼ǎifriendly
• 可kě(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit
• 亲qīnparent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative

Example sentences

• 她是个和蔼可亲的人。
  Tā shì gè hé'ǎikěqīn de rén.
  She is good-natured.
• 她对谁都很和蔼可亲。
  Tā duì shéi dōu hěn hé'ǎi-kěqīn.
  She is gracious to everyone.
• 他是一个和蔼可亲的老师。
  He is a kind teacher.
• 他天生就是一个和蔼可亲的人，所以很受住在附近的孩子欢迎。
  Tā tiānshēng jiùshì yī gè hé'ǎikěqīn de rén, suǒyǐ hěn shòu zhù zài fùjìn de háizi huānyíng.
  He is by nature a kind person and is popular with the children in his neighborhood.
• 他和蔼可亲，面带微笑。他告诉工作人员，他正在拜访朋友，他们住在一个受一日游游客欢迎的海滨度假胜地。近年来，这里与同性恋时尚联系在一起。
  He was affable and smiling, and he told staff he was visiting friends in a seaside resort popular with day-trippers and, in recent years, associated with gay chic.