亲切

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 老师对每个学生都非常亲切。▶ —
   The teacher is very warm toward every student.
2. 在外地听到家乡话感到格外亲切。▶ —
   Hearing my hometown dialect away from home felt especially heartwarming.

Collocations

Mnemonic

亲 qīn "close/dear" + 切 qiè "earnest/close": warm and close, i.e. cordial, kindly. Note: the Korean cognate chinjeol leans to "polite and helpful", while Chinese 亲切 stresses warmth and a sense of closeness (亲切感). 态度亲切 = a warm manner.

Related

Quick check

1. What is the nuance of Chinese 亲切?

   • warm and cordial, a sense of closeness (亲切感)
   • merely polite and helpful
   • very strict
   • very cold