친척

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 親戚

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʰiɲt͡ɕʰʌ̹k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [친척]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	chincheok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	chincheog
McCune–Reischauer?	ch'inch'ŏk
Yale Romanization?	chin.chek

Noun

친척 • (chincheok) (hanja 親戚)

1. kin, kinsmen, relatives

Synonyms

• 울 (ul): kinsfolk, clan
• 외척 (外戚, oecheok): maternal relatives
• 인척 (姻戚, incheok): maternal relatives (by marriage)
• 일가 (一家, ilga): family; relatives, kinfolk; school, authority
• 친족 (親族, chinjok): relatives (by blood)

Antonyms

• 남 (nam)

Derived terms

• 친척사이 (chincheoksai): kinship

Related terms

• 이웃 (iut): neighbor
  • 니욷 (niut) (niud, niut) (obsolete) neighbor
• 겨레 (gyeore): race, nation
• 친 (親, chin): kinship; friendship; neighborhood; goodwill
• 족 (族, jok): race
• 척 (戚, cheok): kinsfolk, relatives

See also

• 친구 (親舊, chin'gu): friend
• 친지 (親知, chinji): kith, acquaintance
• 친선 (親善, chinseon): friendship, goodwill
• 친절 (親切, chinjeol), 친절하다 (親切하다, chinjeolhada): kind
• 친근 (親近, chin'geun), 친근하다 (親近하다, chin'geunhada): intimacy, familiarity, close relation
• 친하다 (親하다, chinhada): To be intimate, familiar (with someone)