投親

Chinese

		to throw; to send	dear; intimate; parent dear; intimate; parent; relation; closely related; parents-in-law of one's offspring
trad. (投親)		投	親
simp. (投亲)		投	亲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóuqīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ㄑㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tau⁴ can¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tâu-chhin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóuqīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄑㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóucin
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou²-chʻin¹
    • Yale: tóu-chīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourchin
    • Palladius: тоуцинь (toucinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tau⁴ can¹
    • Yale: tàuh chān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ tsan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: teo⁴ cen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâu-chhin
    • Tâi-lô: tâu-tshin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dauchyn
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tau¹³⁻²² t͡sʰin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tau²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰin³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tau²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰin⁴⁴/

Verb

投親

1. to go and live with relatives; to seek refuge with relatives