和親

Chinese

		mix together; peace; harmony mix together; peace; harmony; and; with; union; cap (a poem); respond in singing; soft; warm	dear; intimate; parent dear; intimate; parent; relation; closely related; parents-in-law of one's offspring
trad. (和親)		和	親
simp. (和亲)		和	亲

Wikipedia has articles on:

• 和親 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• Heqin (English)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): héqīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄑㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wo⁴ can¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hô-chhin

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hua⁵ cing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: héqīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄑㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hécin
    • Wade–Giles: ho²-chʻin¹
    • Yale: hé-chīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herchin
    • Palladius: хэцинь (xɛcinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wo⁴ can¹
    • Yale: wòh chān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wo⁴ tsan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wo⁴ cen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔː²¹ t͡sʰɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô-chhin
    • Tâi-lô: hô-tshin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoichyn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ho²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ho²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰin³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho¹³⁻²² t͡sʰin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ho²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰin⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hua⁵ cing¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huâ tshing
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hua⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiŋ³³/

Verb

和親

1. (historical) to attempt to pacify minority ethnic groups in the border areas, by marrying princesses (usually from minor branches of the royal family) to rulers of those minority states

Adjective

和親

1. (archaic) peaceful; harmonious; cordial