親善

See also: 亲善

Chinese

		dear; intimate; parent dear; intimate; parent; relation; closely related; parents-in-law of one's offspring	good
trad. (親善)		親	善
simp. (亲善)		亲	善

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qīnshàn

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄣㄕㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): can¹ sin⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhin-siān

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qīnshàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄣㄕㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cinshàn
  - Wade–Giles: chʻin¹-shan⁴
  - Yale: chīn-shàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chinshann
  - Palladius: циньшань (cinʹšanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵ ʂän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: can¹ sin⁶
  - Yale: chān sihn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsan¹ sin⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: cen¹ xin⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐn⁵⁵ siːn²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhin-siān
  - Tâi-lô: tshin-siān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chinsien
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰin⁴⁴⁻²² siɛn²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰin³³ siɛn⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰin⁴⁴⁻²² siɛn²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰin⁴⁴⁻³³ siɛn³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰin⁴⁴⁻³³ siɛn³³/

Adjective

親善

having goodwill; friendly (of relations between countries)

Synonyms

同衾 (tóngqīn) (literary, figuratively)
周密 (zhōumì) (literary, of dealings)
密切 (mìqiè)
接近 (jiējìn)
火熱 / 火热 (huǒrè)
熱和 / 热和 (rèhuo) (colloquial)
熱火 / 热火 (rèhuǒ) (colloquial)
知心 (zhīxīn)
緊密 / 紧密 (jǐnmì)
親切 / 亲切 (qīnqiè)
親密 / 亲密 (qīnmì)
親熱 / 亲热 (qīnrè)
親近 / 亲近 (qīnjìn)
貼己 / 贴己 (tiējǐ)
貼身 / 贴身 (tiēshēn)
近 (jìn) (literary, or in compounds)
近乎 (jìnhu) (colloquial)
過心 / 过心 (guòxīn) (regional)
體己 / 体己

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (親善):

→ Japanese: 親善(しんぜん) (shinzen)
→ Korean: 친선(親善) (chinseon)
→ Vietnamese: thân thiện (親善)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
親	善
しん Grade: 2	ぜん Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しんぜん [shìńzéń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕĩnd͡zẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

親(しん)善(ぜん) • (shinzen)

friendship, goodwill

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
親	善

Noun

親善 • (chinseon) (hangeul 친선)

hanja form^? of 친선 (“goodwill”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
親	善

Adjective

親善

chữ Hán form of thân thiện (“friendly”)