親自

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See also: 亲自

Chinese

		dear; intimate; parent dear; intimate; parent; relation; closely related; parents-in-law of one's offspring	from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since
trad. (親自)		親	自
simp. (亲自)		亲	自

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qīnzì

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄣㄗˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): can¹ zi⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhîn-chhṳ
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chhin-chīr / chhin-chū

(Teochew, Peng'im): cing¹ ze⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qīnzì
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄣㄗˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cinzìh
  - Wade–Giles: chʻin¹-tzŭ⁴
  - Yale: chīn-dz̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chintzyh
  - Palladius: циньцзы (cinʹczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: can¹ zi⁶
  - Yale: chān jih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsan¹ dzi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: cen¹ ji⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐn⁵⁵ t͡siː²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhîn-chhṳ
  - Hakka Romanization System: qin^ˊ cii
  - Hagfa Pinyim: qin¹ ci⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰin²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰɨ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhin-chīr
  - Tâi-lô: tshin-tsīr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰin³³ t͡sɯ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhin-chū
  - Tâi-lô: tshin-tsū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chinzu
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cing¹ ze⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshing tsṳ̆
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sɯ³⁵/

Adverb

親自

personally; in person; oneself
- 劉焉親自迎接，賞勞軍士。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  刘焉亲自迎接，赏劳军士。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, circa 14^th century CE
  Liú Yān qīnzì yíngjiē, shǎngláo jūnshì.
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- 皇上親自送出城外，攜著手走了十幾步。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  皇上亲自送出城外，携著手走了十几步。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Wu Jingzi, The Scholars, 1750 CE
  Huángshàng qīnzì sòng chū chéngwài, xié zhù shǒu zǒu le shíjǐ bù.
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Synonyms

切身 (qièshēn)
手把手 (shǒubǎshǒu) (in a hands-on manner)
私自 (sīzì) (literary)
自己 (zìjǐ)
自行 (zìxíng)
親手／亲手 (qīnshǒu) (with one's own hands)
親身／亲身 (qīnshēn)

References

“Entry #101431”, 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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