親吻

简 亲吻 · 繁 親吻
Mandarin · pinyin qīn wěn

Meanings

  1. to kiss
  2. kiss
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親
qīn · relatives, parents; intimate
吻
wěn · kiss; the lips; coinciding
亲
qīn · relatives, parents; intimate the hazel nut or filbert tree a thorny tree
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1–3 · qin1 wen3

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can1 man5

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verb

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to kiss

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