和藹可親

Chinese

		kind; nice; amiable	amiable; affable; genial amiable; affable; genial; nice
trad. (和藹可親)		和藹	可親
simp. (和蔼可亲)		和蔼	可亲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hé'ǎikěqīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄞˇ ㄎㄜˇ ㄑㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wo⁴ oi² ho² can¹
• Min Dong (BUC): huò-āi-*kō̤-*chĭng
• Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): hô-ái-khó-chhin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hé'ǎikěqīn [Phonetic: héáikěqīn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄞˇ ㄎㄜˇ ㄑㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hé-ǎikěcin
    • Wade–Giles: ho²-ai³-kʻo³-chʻin¹
    • Yale: hé-ǎi-kě-chīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: heraekeechin
    • Palladius: хэайкэцинь (xɛajkɛcinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ ˀaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wo⁴ oi² ho² can¹
    • Yale: wòh ói hó chān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wo⁴ oi² ho² tsan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wo⁴ oi² ho² cen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔː²¹ ɔːi̯³⁵ hɔː³⁵ t͡sʰɐn⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: huò-āi-*kō̤-*chĭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huo⁵³⁻³³ ai³³⁽⁻²¹⁾ kʰo³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰiŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô-ái-khó-chhin
    • Tâi-lô: hô-ái-khó-tshin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoi'ay'qoychyn
    • IPA (Taipei): /ho²⁴⁻¹¹ ai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³⁻³³ ai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰin⁴⁴/

Idiom

和藹可親

1. affable; approachable

   • 老師應該是和藹可親、平易近人 [MSC, trad.]
     老师应该是和蔼可亲、平易近人 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2014 November 19, 寒風, 大家談中國：老師辱罵學生，何以「素質教育」？, BBC News

     Lǎoshī yīnggāi shì hé'ǎikěqīn, píngyìjìnrén [Pinyin]

     Teachers should be affable and approachable