提親

Chinese

		to carry; to lift; to put forward to carry; to lift; to put forward; (upwards character stroke); lifting (brush stroke in painting); to mention; carry (suspended)	dear; intimate; parent dear; intimate; parent; relation; closely related; parents-in-law of one's offspring
trad. (提親)		提	親
simp. (提亲)		提	亲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tíqīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧˊ ㄑㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tai⁴ can¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thê-chhin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tíqīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˊ ㄑㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tícin
    • Wade–Giles: tʻi²-chʻin¹
    • Yale: tí-chīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyichin
    • Palladius: тицинь (ticinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi³⁵ t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tai⁴ can¹
    • Yale: tàih chān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tai⁴ tsan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tei⁴ cen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯²¹ t͡sʰɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thê-chhin
    • Tâi-lô: thê-tshin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: techyn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰe²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰe²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰin³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰe¹³⁻²² t͡sʰin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰe²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰe²³⁻³³ t͡sʰin⁴⁴/

Verb

提⫽親 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. to propose marriage

   上門提親，穿戴一定要整齊，要有禮貌。 [MSC, trad.]
   上门提亲，穿戴一定要整齐，要有礼貌。 [MSC, simp.]

   Shàngmén tíqīn, chuāndài yīdìng yào zhěngqí, yào yǒu lǐmào. [Pinyin]

   When you visit to propose marriage, you must dress neatly and be polite.

Synonyms

• 提婚 (tíhūn)
• 提親事／提亲事 (tí qīnshì)