qīn rén
relatif
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我想念我的亲人。
wǒ xiǎnɡ niàn wǒ de qīn rén .
I miss my family.
他的亲人很多。
tā de qīn rén hěn duō .
He had a lot of family.
你们都是我的亲人。
nǐ mén dōu shì wǒ de qīn rén .
You are all my loved ones.
亲属 (qīn shǔ)
relatives
家人 (jiā rén)
family members
仇人 (chóurén)
enemy
陌生人 (mòshēngrén)
stranger
The Chinese word 亲人 (qīn rén) for "family member" or "loved one" is composed of two characters: 亲 (qīn) and 人 (rén). The character 亲 (qīn) originally meant "to be close to" or "to be intimate". It is composed of two parts: the radical ⺁ (yī), which represents "one", and the phonetic component 斤 (jīn), which is related to the idea of "weight" or "importance". This suggests that the character 亲 (qīn) originally conveyed the idea of something being close to one's heart or of great importance. The character 人 (rén) simply means "person". When these two characters are combined to form 亲人 (qīn rén), the meaning becomes "a person who is close to one's heart" or "a loved one". This word is often used to refer to family members, but it can also be used more broadly to refer to anyone who is close to us and whom we care about deeply.
