HSK 5 · Adjectives

亲切 qīnqiè “amiable” in Chinese

Traditional 親切

What 亲切 means

  1. amiable
  2. cordial
  3. close and dear
  4. familiar

How to say 亲切

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale切qiè4th tone, falling

亲切 in a sentence

  1. 她对大家都很亲切。

    Tā duì dàjiā dōu hěn qīnqiè.

    She’s friendly to everyone.

    Sentence #832082 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他亲切地回答了问题。

    Tā qīnqiè de huídá le wèntí.

    He answered the question warmly.

    Sentence #785822 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我觉得他是个十分亲切的人。

    Wǒ juéde tā shì ge shífēn qīnqiè de rén.

    I think he’s a really warm person.

    Sentence #361868 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 亲切 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 切 (qiè) with each of its parts in a different colour
切qièdefinitely; absolutely
  • 七seven · qīSound part
  • 刀knife · dāoMeaning part

刀 hints at the meaning (knife); 七 (qī) hints at the sound. Compare it with qiè.

How to write 亲切

亲 9 strokes · 切 4 strokes

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

Words related to 亲切

Words with 亲

父亲fùqīn · father母亲mǔqīn · mother亲戚qīnqi · a relative (i.e. family relation)亲爱qīn'ài · dear亲自qīnzì · personally亲密qīnmì · intimate亲热qīnrè · affectionate

Words with 切

一切yíqiè · everything切qiē · to cut密切mìqiè · close迫切pòqiè · urgent恳切kěnqiè · earnest切实qièshí · practical确切quèqiè · exact急切jíqiè · eager

More words: Adjectives

浅qiǎn · shallow强烈qiángliè · strong巧妙qiǎomiào · ingenious亲爱qīn'ài · dear勤奋qínfèn · hardworking青qīng · green清淡qīngdàn · light (of food全面quánmiàn · comprehensive

FAQs

亲切 (qīnqiè) means “amiable” or “cordial”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it qīnqiè: qīn with a 1st tone, then qiè with a 4th 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, 亲切 is written 親切. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qinqie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 亲切 from the suggestions. Typing qinqie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
亲切 is an HSK 5 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.