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  can1 can3   jyutping
  qin1 qing4   pinyin
[] can1 | [] qin1
[1] [n] parent; relative; kin
[2] [adj] of blood relation; biological
[3] [adj] intimate; in favour of; pro-
[4] [adv] personally; in person
[5] [n] marriage; match
[6] [] [v] kiss | []

[] can3 | [] qing4
mainly used in 親家

Default PoS: noun Additional PoS: adjectiveverbadverb
Stroke count: 16
Level: 1
Radical: (#147)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
親 / 亲

This word has been viewed 15709 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 10th Sep 2013 15:40

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detail  biu2 can1  biao3 qin1 = cousin (via female line)
detail  jan1 can1  yin1 qin1 = affinity; in-laws
detail  dit3 can1   = fall down; fall forward; fall on one's face
detail  fu6 can1  fu4 qin5 = father (formal)
detail  mou5 can1  mu3 qin1 = mother (formal)
detail  can1 zi6  qin1 zi4 = personally; in person; oneself
detail  taam3 can1  tan4 qin1 = to visit one's family or relations
detail  mou5 can1 zit3  mu3 qin1 jie2 = Mother's Day
detail  fu6 mou5 can1  fu4 mu3 qin1 = parents
detail  ho2 can1  ke3 qin1 = amiable; kindly; nice
See all 101 compounds (CantoDict reports 103 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 7 examples containing 親
detail audio 呢位父親
This is my father.
detail audio 聖誕節我哋親友
At Christmas we will have a big party.
detail 跌親起身
If you fall over, get back up again!
[Lit. fall bad-thing, stand back up body. As the translation suggests, this is actually a conditional sentence, even though it might not seem like it. More explicitly we could say 如果你跌親嘅話,你就企返起身啦!]
detail 郁啲撞火
His face flares red whenever he gets cross, which happens quite often.
[Cantonese language often prefers 'simple' repetition (撞火) to 'unnatural' conjunction (such as 每當) for the sense of "whenever".]
detail 逢親放假我哋都會出國遊埠
We travel overseas whenever there is a holiday.
detail 唔好意思親自出馬
Sorry to make you come and personally deal with this.
[Lit. sorry, need you personally come-out horse]
detail 嗰陣時親眼見到獅子動物園嗰度出嚟
With my own eyes, I saw a lion come charging out of the zoo!
[Lit. I that time own-eyes see-arrive [counter] lion at zoo that-place zoom-already out come 出嚟 implies that you're standing outside of the zoo, because the lion's coming towards you 咗 implies the lion's already outside the zoo gate (completed)]
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