可親

See also: 可亲

Chinese

		can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)	dear; intimate; parent dear; intimate; parent; relation; closely related; parents-in-law of one's offspring
trad. (可親)		可	親
simp. (可亲)		可	亲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kěqīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˇ ㄑㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ho² can¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kěqīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˇ ㄑㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kěcin
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo³-chʻin¹
    • Yale: kě-chīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keechin
    • Palladius: кэцинь (kɛcinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho² can¹
    • Yale: hó chān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho² tsan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho² cen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː³⁵ t͡sʰɐn⁵⁵/

Adjective

可親

1. amiable; affable; genial; nice

Synonyms

• 仁和 (rénhé) (literary)
• 仁愛／仁爱 (rén'ài)
• 仁慈 (réncí)
• 友善 (yǒushàn)
• 和善 (héshàn)
• 和氣／和气
• 和藹／和蔼 (hé'ǎi)
• 善良 (shànliáng)
• 好心 (hǎoxīn)
• 惠 (huì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 惠愛／惠爱 (huì'ài) (literary)
• 慈愛／慈爱 (cí'ài)
• 慈祥 (cíxiáng)
• 祥和 (xiánghé)
• 腍善 (nam⁴ sin⁶) (Cantonese)
• 藹然／蔼然 (ǎirán) (literary)
• 隨和／随和

 

Derived terms

• 和藹可親／和蔼可亲 (hé'ǎikěqīn)
• 藹然可親／蔼然可亲 (ǎiránkěqīn)