親切

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See also: 亲切

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Note: cing1 ciag4 - Shantou.
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Particularly: “Chaozhou cing1 ciêg4?”

Adjective

親切

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

Synonyms

  • (close):
  • (cordial):

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (親切):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
親 切
しん
Grade: 2 		せつ
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
深切 (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

親(しん)切(せつ) • (shinsetsu) -na (adnominal 親(しん)切(せつ)な (shinsetsu na), adverbial 親(しん)切(せつ)に (shinsetsu ni))

  1. kind, helpful, friendly, obliging

Inflection

Inflection of 親切
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 親切だろ しんせつだろ shinsetsu daro
Continuative (連用形) 親切で しんせつで shinsetsu de
Terminal (終止形) 親切だ しんせつだ shinsetsu da
Attributive (連体形) 親切な しんせつな shinsetsu na
Hypothetical (仮定形) 親切なら しんせつなら shinsetsu nara
Imperative (命令形) 親切であれ しんせつであれ shinsetsu de are
Key constructions
Informal negative 親切ではない
親切じゃない 		しんせつではない
しんせつじゃない 		shinsetsu de wa nai
shinsetsu ja nai
Informal past 親切だった しんせつだった shinsetsu datta
Informal negative past 親切ではなかった
親切じゃなかった 		しんせつではなかった
しんせつじゃなかった 		shinsetsu de wa nakatta
shinsetsu ja nakatta
Formal 親切です しんせつです shinsetsu desu
Formal negative 親切ではありません
親切じゃありません 		しんせつではありません
しんせつじゃありません 		shinsetsu de wa arimasen
shinsetsu ja arimasen
Formal past 親切でした しんせつでした shinsetsu deshita
Formal negative past 親切ではありませんでした
親切じゃありませんでした 		しんせつではありませんでした
しんせつじゃありませんでした 		shinsetsu de wa arimasen deshita
shinsetsu ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive 親切で しんせつで shinsetsu de
Conditional 親切なら（ば） しんせつなら（ば） shinsetsu nara (ba)
Provisional 親切だったら しんせつだったら shinsetsu dattara
Volitional 親切だろう しんせつだろう shinsetsu darō
Adverbial 親切に しんせつに shinsetsu ni
Degree 親切さ しんせつさ shinsetsusa

Noun

親(しん)切(せつ) • (shinsetsu) 

  1. kindness, helpfulness, friendliness

Antonyms

Derived terms

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
親切

Noun

親切 • (chinjeol) (hangeul 친절)

  1. hanja form? of 친절 (“kindness, gentleness”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
親切

Adjective

親切

  1. chữ Hán form of thân thiết (“close, familiar”).
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