qīn

Traditional: 親

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Translation

close, intimate; parent, relative (in 亲爱, 父亲, 母亲)

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Examples

Darling, I'm home.

His father is a doctor.

My mum is a very good mother.

Mum gave the child a kiss.

They are blood brothers.

亲 (qīn) means close, intimate, or related by blood. It heads kinship and affection words like 亲爱 (dear), 父亲 (father), and 母亲 (mother).

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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 亲.

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This word is part of lesson 101.