提親

Chinese

		to carry; to lift; to put forward to carry; to lift; to put forward; (upwards character stroke); lifting (brush stroke in painting); to mention; carry (suspended)	dear; intimate; parent dear; intimate; parent; relation; closely related; parents-in-law of one's offspring
trad. (提親)		提	親
simp. (提亲)		提	亲

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tíqīn

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧˊ ㄑㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tai⁴ can¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thê-chhin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tíqīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˊ ㄑㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tícin
  - Wade–Giles: tʻi²-chʻin¹
  - Yale: tí-chīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyichin
  - Palladius: тицинь (ticinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi³⁵ t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tai⁴ can¹
  - Yale: tàih chān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tai⁴ tsan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tei⁴ cen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯²¹ t͡sʰɐn⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thê-chhin
  - Tâi-lô: thê-tshin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: techyn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰe²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰe²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰin³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰe¹³⁻²² t͡ɕʰin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰe²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕʰin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰe²³⁻³³ t͡ɕʰin⁴⁴/

Verb

提⫽親 (verb-object) (intransitive)

to propose marriage
上門提親，穿戴一定要整齊，要有禮貌。 [MSC, trad.]
上门提亲，穿戴一定要整齐，要有礼貌。 [MSC, simp.]
Shàngmén tíqīn, chuāndài yīdìng yào zhěngqí, yào yǒu lǐmào. [Pinyin]
When you visit to propose marriage, you must dress neatly and be polite.

Synonyms

提婚 (tíhūn)
提親事／提亲事 (tí qīnshì)

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