迎親

See also: 迎亲

Chinese

		to welcome	dear; intimate; parent dear; intimate; parent; relation; closely related; parents-in-law of one's offspring
trad. (迎親)		迎	親
simp. (迎亲)		迎	亲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yíngqīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jing⁴ can¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gêng-chhin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yíngqīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yíngcin
    • Wade–Giles: ying²-chʻin¹
    • Yale: yíng-chīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yngchin
    • Palladius: инцинь (incinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jing⁴ can¹
    • Yale: yìhng chān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jing⁴ tsan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ying⁴ cen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ²¹ t͡sʰɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gêng-chhin
    • Tâi-lô: gîng-tshin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gengchyn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡiɪŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡiɪŋ¹³⁻²² t͡sʰin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰin³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰin⁴⁴/

Verb

迎親

1. to send a party to meet the bride at the bride's home and escort her to the bridegroom's home to the wedding (of a bridegroom)