探亲 (tàn qīn): to go home to visit one's family

Meaning & Stroke Order

HSK 7verb

Word info

Pinyin
Meaning: to go home to visit one's family
Characters: 2
Part of speech: verb
HSK level: HSK 7

Full definitions

to go home to visit one's family
to go home to visit ones family

Chinese explanation

专程回家或到外地看望父母、配偶等亲属
也指去探望亲友。

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Character breakdown

HSK 7

to explore

HSK 5

parent

Example sentences

Before the Spring Festival, I took a few days off and planned to go back to my hometown to visit my family, and also spend some time having meals with my parents.

He works abroad all year round; this time he made a special trip back to China to visit his elderly grandmother.

Because she misses home, she takes the high-speed train home to visit her family every month, even if she can only stay for a weekend.

On this business trip to Shanghai, I also took the opportunity to visit family and saw my uncle whom I hadn't seen for years.

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