姻亲

姻親
yīnqīn
noun #37,416

Meanings

  1. 1 relatives by marriage
  2. 2 in-laws
  3. 3 affines

Examples

Tāmen liǎng jiā shì yīnqīn guānxi.
The two families are related by marriage.
Yīnqīn zhī jiān yě yào hùxiāng zūnzhòng.
Even in-laws should respect each other.

Tips

usage
姻亲 is the umbrella term for any relative gained through marriage — your spouse's blood relatives, your blood relatives' spouses, and so on. Compare with 血亲 (xuèqīn, blood relatives). In everyday speech people use specific terms like (gōngpó, parents-in-law for a woman) or 岳父岳母 (yuèfù yuèmǔ, parents-in-law for a man) instead.

Stroke Order

yīn
qīn