親睦

See also: 亲睦

Chinese

		dear; intimate; parent dear; intimate; parent; relation; closely related; parents-in-law of one's offspring	friendly
trad. (親睦)		親	睦
simp. (亲睦)		亲	睦

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qīnmù

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄣㄇㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): can¹ muk⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qīnmù
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄣㄇㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cinmù
  - Wade–Giles: chʻin¹-mu⁴
  - Yale: chīn-mù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chinmuh
  - Palladius: циньму (cinʹmu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵ mu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: can¹ muk⁶
  - Yale: chān muhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsan¹ muk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: cen¹ mug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐn⁵⁵ mʊk̚²/
  - Homophones:
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    親睦 / 亲睦

Adjective

親睦

friendly; amicable

Synonyms

協調 / 协调 (xiétiáo)
和協 / 和协 (Hokkien)
和好 (héhǎo)
和平 (hépíng)
和氣 / 和气
和洽 (héqià)
和睦 (hémù)
和美 (héměi)
和諧 / 和谐 (héxié)
團結 / 团结 (tuánjié)
平和
緝穆 / 缉穆 (qìmù) (literary)
融和 (rónghé)
融洽 (róngqià)
調和 / 调和 (tiáohé)
調諧 / 调谐 (tiáoxié)
諧和 / 谐和 (xiéhé)
輯睦 / 辑睦 (jímù) (literary)
雍睦 (yōngmù) (literary)
雝雝 / 雍雍 (yōngyōng) (literary)
順 / 顺 (shùn) (literary, or in compounds)

Noun

親睦

(literary) relatives

Japanese

Kanji in this term
親	睦
しん Grade: 2	ぼく Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 親睦 (MC tshin mjuwk). The kan'on, so likely a later borrowing. Compare modern Mandarin 親睦 / 亲睦 (qīnmù, “friendly, amicable”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しんぼく [shìńbókú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ɕĩmbo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

親(しん)睦(ぼく) • (shinboku)

friendship, amicability, friendly intimacy

Derived terms

親(しん)睦(ぼく)会(かい) (shinbokukai): a mixer, a social gathering, a get-together

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 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
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN