躬親

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Chinese

		body; oneself; personally body; oneself; personally; to bow	dear; intimate; parent dear; intimate; parent; relation; closely related; parents-in-law of one's offspring
trad. (躬親)		躬	親
simp. (躬亲)		躬	亲

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gōngqīn

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥㄑㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ can¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gōngqīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥㄑㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gongcin
  - Wade–Giles: kung¹-chʻin¹
  - Yale: gūng-chīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongchin
  - Palladius: гунцинь (guncinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gung¹ can¹
  - Yale: gūng chān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ tsan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ cen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐn⁵⁵/

Verb

躬親

to attend to something personally

Derived terms

事必躬親／事必躬亲 (shìbìgōngqīn)

References

躬親 in ZDIC
“Entry #75111”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.

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