亲疏

親疏
qīnshū
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 closeness and distance (of relations)
  2. 2 degree of intimacy / kinship

Examples

HSK 4
Zhōngguó chuántǒng shèhuì hěn jiǎngjiu qīnshū yuǎnjìn.
Traditional Chinese society is very particular about degrees of kinship.
HSK 7-9
Tā duì rén bù fēn qīnshū, yīshìtóngrén.
He treats everyone equally, regardless of how close they are to him.

Tips

culture
亲疏远近 ("close-distant near-far") is a four-character collocation Confucian ethics uses to mark out concentric rings of obligation: family first, then friends, then strangers. 亲疏 means refusing that hierarchy.

Stroke Order

qīn
shū