HSK 4 · Family

亲戚 qīnqi “a relative (i.e. family relation)” in Chinese

Traditional 親戚

What 亲戚 means

  1. a relative (i.e. family relation)

Measure word 门 mén or 个 gè · 一门亲戚 yì mén qīnqi

How to say 亲戚

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale亲qīn1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own戚qineutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

亲戚 in a sentence

  1. 我们不是她的亲戚。

    Wǒmen bú shì tā de qīnqi.

    We are not her relatives.

    Sentence #884680 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 父亲这边的亲戚里，你最喜欢谁？

    Fùqīn zhèbiān de qīnqi lǐ, nǐ zuì xǐhuan shéi?

    Which relative on your father’s side do you like best?

    Sentence #14013497 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 一个好朋友胜过十个亲戚。

    Yí ge hǎo péngyou shèngguò shí ge qīnqi.

    One good friend is better than ten relatives.

    Sentence #5883320 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 亲戚 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 亲 (qīn) with each of its parts in a different colour
亲qīnparent
  • 立stand · lì
  • 一one · yī
  • 小small · xiǎo
The character 戚 (qī) with each of its parts in a different colour
戚qīgrieflight in 亲戚
  • 戊part of the character
  • 尗younger brother · shū

How to write 亲戚

亲 9 strokes · 戚 11 strokes

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亲戚 (qīnqi) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 亲戚 (qīnqi). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 亲戚

Words with 亲

父亲fùqīn · father母亲mǔqīn · mother亲爱qīn'ài · dear亲切qīnqiè · amiable亲自qīnzì · personally亲密qīnmì · intimate亲热qīnrè · affectionate

More words: People, Body & Health

房东fángdōng · landlord父亲fùqīn · father母亲mǔqīn · mother年龄niánlíng · (a person’s) age孙子sūnzi · grandson小伙子xiǎohuǒzi · young man友谊yǒuyì · companionship作者zuòzhě · author

FAQs

亲戚 (qīnqi) means “a relative (i.e. family relation)”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it qīnqi: qīn with a 1st tone, then qi with a neutral tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 亲戚 is written 親戚. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 门 (mén) or 个 (gè). For example, one a relative (i.e. family relation) is 一门亲戚 (yì mén qīnqi).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qinqi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 亲戚 from the suggestions. Typing qinqi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
亲戚 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.