省親

See also: 省亲

Chinese

		comprehend; introspect; visit comprehend; introspect; visit; frugal; save; to omit; to leave out; to save (money); province	dear; intimate; parent dear; intimate; parent; relation; closely related; parents-in-law of one's offspring
trad. (省親)		省	親
simp. (省亲)		省	亲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xǐngqīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˇ ㄑㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing² can¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): séng-chhin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xǐngqīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˇ ㄑㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐngcin
    • Wade–Giles: hsing³-chʻin¹
    • Yale: syǐng-chīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiingchin
    • Palladius: синцинь (sincinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing² can¹
    • Yale: síng chān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing² tsan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing² cen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³⁵ t͡sʰɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: séng-chhin
    • Tâi-lô: síng-tshin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sefngchyn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰin³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰin⁴⁴/

Verb

省親

1. (literary) to visit one's parents or elders (living in another place)

Synonyms

• 上門／上门 (shàngmén)
• 串 (literary, or in compounds)
• 串門／串门 (chuànmén) (colloquial)
• 串門子／串门子 (chuàn ménzi) (colloquial)
• 參訪／参访 (cānfǎng) (formal)
• 坐人家 (zo⁵ ren² ga) (Xiang)
• 坐尞 (Hakka)
• 拜望 (bàiwàng) (polite)
• 拜訪／拜访 (bàifǎng) (polite)
• 探問／探问 (tànwèn)
• 探望 (tànwàng)
• 探視／探视 (tànshì)
• 探親／探亲 (tànqīn) (to visit one's relatives or spouse)
• 探訪／探访 (tànfǎng)
• 登門／登门 (dēngmén)
• 看望 (kànwàng)
• 瞧 (qiáo) (colloquial)
• 訪問／访问 (fǎngwèn)
• 走訪／走访 (zǒufǎng)
• 造訪／造访 (zàofǎng)
• 過／过