Both of my parents have passed away.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
双亲
both parents
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
both parents
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 双亲 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 双亲 appears in 5 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Tom's parents are both murderers.
Both of her parents are doctors.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 双亲.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 双亲.
Directly before
- 的双亲2
- 父母双亲1
- 他双亲1
- 两位双亲1
Directly after
- 双亲都3
- 双亲的1
- 双亲性情1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 双亲
What does 双亲 mean in Chinese?
双亲 (shuāngqīn) means both parents.
How do you pronounce 双亲?
双亲 is pronounced shuāngqīn.
Is 双亲 an HSK word?
双亲 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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