Chinese Word Entry

親家

Simplified Chinese form: 亲家

Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄚ˙
Mandarin (Pinyin): qìng jia
Cantonese (Jyutping): can3 gaa1
Definitions:
  1. parents of one's daughter-in-law or son-in-law

  2. relatives by marriage


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Chinese characters used in this word

parent, intimacy, relative, familiarity, dealer (cards), relatives, parents, intimate
Readings
Mandarin: ㄑㄧㄣ (qīn), ㄑㄧㄥˋ (qìng)
Cantonese: can1
Japanese: シン (shin) / おや (oya)、 おや- (oya-)、 した.しい (shitashii)、 した.しむ (shitashimu)、 みずから (mizukara)
Korean: 친 (chin)
Vietnamese: thân, thấn
Variants
Simplified Chinese form:

house, home, family, professional, expert, performer, residence
Readings
Mandarin: ㄐㄧㄚ (jiā), ㄍㄨ (gū), ㄐㄧㄚˋ (jià), ㄐㄧㄚ˙ (jia), ㄐㄧㄝ˙ (jie)
Cantonese: gaa1
Japanese: カ (ka)、 ケ (ke)、 コ (ko) / いえ (ie)、 や (ya)、 うち (uchi)
Korean: 가 (ga)
Vietnamese: gia, cô