招親

Chinese

		provoke; to recruit	dear; intimate; parent dear; intimate; parent; relation; closely related; parents-in-law of one's offspring
trad. (招親)		招	親
simp. (招亲)		招	亲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhāoqīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄠ ㄑㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ziu¹ can¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhāoqīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠ ㄑㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhaocin
    • Wade–Giles: chao¹-chʻin¹
    • Yale: jāu-chīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jauchin
    • Palladius: чжаоцинь (čžaocinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ziu¹ can¹
    • Yale: jīu chān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dziu¹ tsan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jiu¹ cen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐn⁵⁵/

Verb

招親

1. to take a man into the family as a son-in-law
2. to marry into and live with the wife's family