親: relatives | parents-in-law

親 [亲] qīn

adjective | verb
: relatives; parents; intimate

親 [亲] qìng

noun
: parents-in-law of one’s offspring

Kun Reading

親 | おや oya

noun
: parent; parents
: dealer (in cards)
: founder
: (pet) owner

親しい | 親しい shitashii

adjective
: intimate; close (e.g. friend)

親[亲]切 qin1qie4: amiable; cordial; close and dear; familiar
[しんせつ shinsetsu: kindness; gentleness]

親[亲]自 qin1zi4: personally

親[亲]戚 qin1qi: a relative (i.e. family relation)
[しんせき shinseki: relative; relation; kin]

親愛[亲爱] qin1’ai4: dear; beloved; darling
[しんあい shinai: deep affection
: (Na-adjective) dear; beloved]

親[亲]眼 qin1yan3: with one’s own eyes; personally

探親[亲] tan4qin1: to go home to visit one’s family

相親[亲] xiang1qin1: blind date; arranged interview to evaluate a proposed marriage partner; to be deeply attached to each other

鄉親[乡亲] xiang1qin1: fellow countryman (from the same village); local people; villager; the folks back home

單親[单亲] danqin1: single parent

令親[亲] ling4qin1: Your esteemed parent

提親[亲] ti2qin1: to propose marriage

母親[亲] mu3qin1: mother [ははおや moshin]

父親[亲] fu4qin1: father [ちちおや fushin]

親[亲]家 qing1jia: parents of one’s daughter-in-law or son-in-law; relatives by marriage

直系血親[亲] zhi2xi4 xue4qing4: direct descendant; blood relative

Japanese common word | expression | idiom | proverb
親子丼 | おやこどんぶり oyakodon buri OR おやこどん oyakodon
: chicken and egg on rice; parent and child donburi

ご親切に | ごしんせつに goshin setsuni
: Thank you; How nice of you; That’s kind of you

親の臑を噛る | おやのすねをかじる oya no sune o kajiru
: to depend on one’s parents’ (financial) support; to nibble at one’s parents shins

親許を離れる | おやもとをはなれる oyamoto o hanareru
: to leave one’s home (behind one); to leave one’s parental roof; to leave the nest; to be out on one’s own

子を持って知る親の恩 | こをもってしるおやのおん ko o motte shiru oya no on
: He that has no child knows not what love is

子を見ること親に如かず | こをみることおやにしかず ko o miru koto oya ni shikazu
: The parent is the best judge of the child

孝行をしたい時分に親は無し | こうこうをしたいじぶんにおやはなし koukou o shitai jibun ni oya wa nashi
: When you wish to be filial, your parents are gone

此の親にして此の子あり | このおやにしてこのこあり ko no oya ni shite konokoari
: the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree; like father, like son
OR
親見たけりゃ子を見ろ | おやみたけりゃこをみろ oya mitakerya ko o miro
: Like father, like son

*遠くの親類より近くの他人 | とおくのしんるいよりちかくのたにん tooku no shinruiyori chikaku no tanin
: A neighbour is better than a relative living far

Chinese expression | idiom
任人唯親 [任人唯亲] ren4 ren2 wei2 qin1
: to appoint people by favoritism; nepotism; corrupt appointment

六親不認 [六亲不认] liu4 qin1 bu4 ren4
: not recognizing one’s family; self-centered and not making any allowances for the needs of one’s relatives

授受不親 [授受不亲] shou4 shou4 bu4 qin1
: (in ancient times) no direct contact between men and women

非親非故 [非亲非故] fei1 qin1 fei1 gu4
: lit. neither a relative nor a friend; fig. unrelated to one another in any way

*遠親不如近鄰 [远亲不如近邻] yuan3 qin1 bu4 ru2 jin4 lin2
: relative afar is less use than a close neighbor. Take whatever help is on hand, even from strangers

親兄弟，明算帳 [亲兄弟，明算帐] qin1 xiong1 di4 , ming2 suan4 zhang4
: even with your own brother, keep clear accounts