Family members in Chinese
family members · HSK 6
亲属
- 亲 parent
- 属 to belong to
Counted with 位: 一位亲属
只有亲属才能进病房。 Only relatives may enter the ward.
Other ways to say family members
More words with 亲 or 属
How do you say family members in Chinese?
Family members in Chinese is 亲属 (qīn shǔ). You can also say 属 (shǔ).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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