亲近 meaning in English

qīnjìn

(of people or relationships) close; intimate; to draw close to; to engage with; to become familiar with (nature, places, ideas, art etc)

HSK 7-9adjectiveverbTraditional 親近16 strokes

Meaning of 亲近

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

qīnjìn
  1. (of people or relationships) close; intimate
  2. to draw close to; to engage with; to become familiar with (nature, places, ideas, art etc)

亲近 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ们men像xiàng家jiā人rén一yī样yàng亲qīn近jìn。
We are close like family.

Stroke order for each character

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亲 qīn · parent · 9 strokes

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近 jìn · near · 7 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 亲近.

最近zuìjìnrecently; soon
父亲fùqīnfather; also pr. [fu4 qin5]
母亲mǔqīnmother
接近jiējìnto approach; to get close to
亲自qīnzìpersonally; in person
亲人qīnrénone's close relatives
将近jiāngjìnalmost; nearly
亲切qīnqièamiable; cordial
近期jìnqīnear in time; in the near future
亲爱qīn'àidear; beloved
附近fùjìnnearby; neighboring; (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood
亲密qīnmìintimate; close

Questions about 亲近

What does 亲近 mean?

亲近 (qīnjìn) means "(of people or relationships) close; intimate; to draw close to; to engage with; to become familiar with (nature, places, ideas, art etc)" and is used as a adjective and verb.

How do you write 亲近?

亲近 is made of 2 characters: 亲 (9 strokes), 近 (7 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.

Is 亲近 an HSK word?

Yes. 亲近 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 亲近 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 亲近 is written 親近.