親
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qīn · relatives, parents

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16Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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見Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 親

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Example sentences

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Wǒ xiǎng kàn kàn nǐ de mǔ qīn.我想看看你的母親。

I want to see your mother.

Source: Tatoeba #864275 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ ràng wǒ xiǎng qǐ le nǐ de fù qīn.你讓我想起了你的父親。

You remind me of your father.

Source: Tatoeba #351828 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ xiǎng qù kàn nǐ de fù qīn.我想去看你的父親。

I'd like to see your father.

Source: Tatoeba #852211 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ bú shì nǐ mǔ qīn.我不是你母親。

I'm not your mother.

Source: Tatoeba #1946499 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā de mǔ qīn zuò zài tā de zuǒ biān.他的母親坐在他的左邊。

His mother is sitting to the left of him.

Source: Tatoeba #616147 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ de chú yì bǐ bú shàng wǒ de mǔ qīn.我的廚藝比不上我的母親。

My cooking skills are not as good as my mother's.

Source: Tatoeba #1590797 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 親 in context

  1. Say qīn, then recall the core meaning: relatives, parents.
  2. Write all 16 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 親 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.