親吻

See also: 亲吻

Chinese

		dear; intimate; parent dear; intimate; parent; relation; closely related; parents-in-law of one's offspring	kiss; mouth
trad. (親吻)		親	吻
simp. (亲吻)		亲	吻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīnwěn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄣ ㄨㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): can¹ man⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīnwěn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄣ ㄨㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cinwǔn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻin¹-wên³
    • Yale: chīn-wěn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chinwoen
    • Palladius: циньвэнь (cinʹvɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵ wən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: can¹ man⁵
    • Yale: chān máhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsan¹ man⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: cen¹ men⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐn⁵⁵ mɐn¹³/

Verb

親吻

1. to kiss

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 吻 (“to kiss”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		吻, 親, 親吻
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	吻, 親
	Taiwan	吻, 親
	Singapore	吻, 親
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	親
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	親
	Xi'an	親
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	親
Cantonese	Guangzhou	惜, 啜, 痛
	Hong Kong	惜, 啜, 嘴
	Taishan	啜
	Dongguan	啜
	Singapore (Guangfu)	惜
Hakka	Meixian	唚
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	唚
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	唚
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	唚
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	唚
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	唚
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	唚
Jin	Taiyuan	親
	Xinzhou	親
Northern Min	Jian'ou	蜜
	Songxi	鼻
	Zhenghe	蜜
	Jianyang	蜜
	Wuyishan	敕
	Pucheng (Shibei)	鼻
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	唚
Southern Min	Xiamen	唚
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	唚
	Quanzhou	唚
	Shishi	唚
	Zhangzhou	唚
	Tainan	唚
	Penang (Hokkien)	唚
	Singapore (Hokkien)	唚
	Manila (Hokkien)	唚
	Chaozhou	唚
	Shantou	唚
	Singapore (Teochew)	唚
	Haikou	惜
Wu	Shanghai	香, 親
	Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong)	香
	Shanghai (Chongming)	香
	Suzhou	香
	Hangzhou	香
	Ningbo	親

Related terms

• 飛吻／飞吻 (fēiwěn)