親子

See also: 亲子

Chinese

		dear; intimate; parent dear; intimate; parent; relation; closely related; parents-in-law of one's offspring	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (親子)		親	子
simp. (亲子)		亲	子

Etymology

Original sense is "biological child", "parent-child" sense is Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 親子(おやこ) (oyako)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīnzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄣ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): can¹ zi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhîn-chṳ́
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhin-chú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīnzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄣ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cinzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻin¹-tzŭ³
    • Yale: chīn-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chintzyy
    • Palladius: циньцзы (cinʹczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: can¹ zi²
    • Yale: chān jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsan¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cen¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhîn-chṳ́
    • Hakka Romanization System: qin^ˊ zii^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qin¹ zi³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰin²⁴ t͡sɨ³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhin-chú
    • Tâi-lô: tshin-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chinzuo
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁵³/

Noun

親子

1. parental relatedness; paternity or maternity
2. biological child, especially biological son

Verb

親子

1. to be intimate with one's child

Adjective

親子

1. (attributive) parent-child

   親子關係／亲子关系  ―  qīnzǐ guānxì  ―  parent-child relationship

Derived terms

• 親子丼 / 亲子丼
• 親子鑑定 / 亲子鉴定 (qīnzǐ jiàndìng)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
親	子
おや Grade: 2	こ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 親子 – see the following entry.

【おやこ】 [noun] parent and child [noun] a dish with both chicken and egg

(This term, 親子, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
親	子
しん Grade: 2	し Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しんし [shíꜜǹshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕĩɰ̃ɕi]

Noun

親(しん)子(し) • (shinshi) 

1. parent and child