Word: 親 (qīn) close; intimate

These are the example sentences using 親 in the sense close; intimate. Every sentence using 親 is on the word's own page, whichever sense it uses.

Simplified: 亲

Example sentences using 親 in this sense

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三年不上門,當親也不親

sān nián bú shàngmén,dāng qīn yě bù qīn

three years without visiting, even relatives are no longer close
親不親一家人,打斷骨頭連著筋

qīn bù qīn yìjiārén,dǎduàn gǔtou lián zhe jīn

close or not, one family; even when the bone is broken, the sinew still joins it
親不親,故鄉人

qīn bù qīn,gùxiāng rén

close or not close, (they are) people from the home town
人不親土親，河不親水親

rén bù qīn tǔ qīn, hé bù qīn shuǐ qīn

people may not be close, but the soil is close; rivers may not be close, but the water is close
人不親行親

rén bù qīn háng qīn

people may not be close, but the trade is close
人親不如土親

rén qīn bùrú tǔ qīn

relatives are not as close as one's native soil
你和爸爸更親還是媽媽更親？

Nǐ hé bàba gèng qīn háishi māma gèng qīn?

Are you closer to your mother or to your father?
日遠日疏,日親日近

rì yuǎn rì shū,rì qīn rì jìn

day by day apart, day by day distant; day by day close, day by day nearer
美不美，故鄉水；親不親，故鄉人

měi bù měi, gùxiāng shuǐ; qīn bù qīn, gùxiāng rén

beautiful or not, the water of home; close or not, the people of home