親善

See also: 亲善

Chinese

		dear; intimate; parent dear; intimate; parent; relation; closely related; parents-in-law of one's offspring	good
trad. (親善)		親	善
simp. (亲善)		亲	善

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīnshàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄣ ㄕㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): can¹ sin⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhin-siān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīnshàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄣ ㄕㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cinshàn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻin¹-shan⁴
    • Yale: chīn-shàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chinshann
    • Palladius: циньшань (cinʹšanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵ ʂän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: can¹ sin⁶
    • Yale: chān sihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsan¹ sin⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: cen¹ xin⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐn⁵⁵ siːn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhin-siān
    • Tâi-lô: tshin-siān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chinsien
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰin⁴⁴⁻²² siɛn²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰin³³ siɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰin⁴⁴⁻²² siɛn²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰin⁴⁴⁻³³ siɛn³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰin⁴⁴⁻³³ siɛn³³/

Adjective

親善

1. having goodwill; friendly (of relations between countries)

Synonyms

• 同衾 (tóngqīn) (literary, figuratively)
• 周密 (zhōumì) (literary, of dealings)
• 密切 (mìqiè)
• 接近 (jiējìn)
• 火熱／火热 (huǒrè)
• 熱和／热和 (rèhuo) (colloquial)
• 熱火／热火 (rèhuǒ) (colloquial)
• 知心 (zhīxīn)
• 緊密／紧密 (jǐnmì)
• 親切／亲切 (qīnqiè)
• 親密／亲密 (qīnmì)
• 親熱／亲热 (qīnrè)
• 親近／亲近 (qīnjìn)
• 貼己／贴己 (tiējǐ)
• 貼身／贴身 (tiēshēn)
• 近 (jìn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 近乎 (jìnhu) (colloquial)
• 過心／过心 (guòxīn) (regional)
• 體己／体己

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (親善):

• → Japanese: 親善(しんぜん) (shinzen)
• → Korean: 친선(親善) (chinseon)
• → Vietnamese: thân thiện (親善)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
親	善
しん Grade: 2	ぜん Grade: 6
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しんぜん [shìńzéń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕĩnd͡zẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

親(しん)善(ぜん) • (shinzen) 

1. friendship, goodwill

Korean

Hanja in this term
親	善

Noun

親善 • (chinseon) (hangeul 친선)

1. Hanja form^? of 친선 (“goodwill”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
親	善

Adjective

親善

1. chữ Hán form of thân thiện (“friendly”).