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迎親

迎親

See also: 迎亲

Chinese

		to welcome	dear; intimate; parent dear; intimate; parent; relation; closely related; parents-in-law of one's offspring
trad. (迎親)		迎	親
simp. (迎亲)		迎	亲

Verb

迎親

to send a party to meet the bride at the bride's home and escort her to the bridegroom's home to the wedding (of a bridegroom)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yíngqīn

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jing⁴ can¹
Min Nan (POJ): gêng-chhin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yíngqīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yngchin
  - IPA ^(key): /iŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jing⁴ can¹
  - Yale: yìhng chān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jing⁴ tsan¹
  - IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ²¹ t͡sʰɐn⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gêng-chhin
  - Tâi-lô: gîng-tshin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gengchyn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /giɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰin³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /giɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕʰin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /giɪŋ²³⁻³³ t͡ɕʰin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /giɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /giɪŋ¹³⁻²² t͡ɕʰin⁴⁴/