親切

See also: 亲切

Chinese

 
dear; intimate; parent; relation; closely related; parents-in-law of one's offspring
close to; to cut; to slice
trad. (親切)
simp. (亲切)

Pronunciation


Adjective

親切

  1. close (to someone); dear (to someone's heart); near and dear
  2. kind; cordial; amiable

Synonyms

  • (close):

Derived terms

  • 倍感親切倍感亲切
  • 親切感亲切感

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (親切):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しん
Grade: 2
せつ
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 親切 (tshin tshet, literally blood relative + close).

Pronunciation

Adjective

親切 (-na inflection, hiragana しんせつ, rōmaji shinsetsu)

  1. kind, helpful, friendly, obliging

Inflection

Noun

親切 (hiragana しんせつ, rōmaji shinsetsu)

  1. kindness, helpfulness, friendliness

Antonyms

Derived terms

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

親切 (chinjeol) (hangeul 친절)

  1. Hanja form? of 친절 (kindness, gentleness).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word

Adjective

親切

  1. Hán tự form of thân thiết (close, familiar).
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