亲
友

Friends and relatives in Chinese: 亲友 (qīn yǒu)

qīn yǒu

friends and relatives

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 親友1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1friends and relatives

Stroke order

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亲
友

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ㄑㄧㄣ

qīn

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iㄣ/ en—/ first tone

ㄧㄡˇ

yǒu

ㄧ/ iㄡ/ ouˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

亲友

Simplified

親友

Traditional

Example sentences

See 亲友 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 婚礼上来了很多亲友。

    hūn lǐ shàng lái le hěn duō qīn yǒu。

    Many friends and relatives came to the wedding.

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Related words

亲

qīn

parent

朋友

péng you

friend

父亲

fù qīn

father

母亲

mǔ qīn

mother

亲戚

qīn qi

a relative (i.e. family relation)

友好

yǒu hǎo

friendly

友谊

yǒu yì

companionship

亲爱

qīn ài

dear

亲切

qīn qiè

amiable

亲自

qīn zì

personally

网友

wǎng yǒu

online friend

亲人

qīn rén

one's close relatives

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