Word · Frequency #6569
kin
亲属；家属；家族
one's family and relatives; kindred
- 1.
Race; family; breed; kind.
种族；家族；品种；种类
- 2.
a person having kinship with another or others
与他人有亲属关系的人
- 3.
Persons of the same race or family; kindred.
同种族或家庭的人；亲属
- 4.
group of people related by blood or marriage
有血缘或婚姻关系的一群人
- 5.
One or more relatives, such as siblings or cousins, taken collectively.
一个或多个亲戚,如兄弟姐妹或堂兄弟姐妹
- 6.
Relationship; same-bloodedness or affinity; near connection or alliance, as of those having common descent.
关系；血缘关系或亲近关系；共同血统的联系或联盟
亲戚；亲属；亲属关系；血缘关系；种族；家族；品种；种类；与他人有亲属关系的人；同种族或家庭的人；亲属
In use
I'm looking forward to seeing all my kin at the family reunion.
She has no living kin, so she spends holidays with friends.
They discovered they were distant kin through a genealogy website.
he's kin
be kin to sb
表示与某人有血缘或姻亲关系。
She is kin to the famous actor.
她与那位著名演员有亲戚关系。
next of kin
固定短语，指法律上的最近亲属。
The hospital contacted her next of kin.
医院联系了她最近的亲属。
one's kin
所有格形式，泛指某人的亲属整体。
Connections
Collocations
- next of kin
- 最近亲属
- Please notify the next of kin in case of an emergency.如遇紧急情况，请通知最近亲属。
- kith and kin
- 亲朋好友
- He invited all his kith and kin to the wedding.他邀请了所有的亲朋好友来参加婚礼。
- close kin
- 近亲
- Only close kin were allowed to visit the patient.只有近亲才被允许探望病人。
- distant kin
- 远亲
- She discovered some distant kin through a genealogy website.她通过一个家谱网站找到了一些远亲。
Idioms & figurative uses
- kith and kin
- 亲友She invited all her kith and kin to the wedding.她邀请了所有亲友参加婚礼。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆：kin发音类似'亲'，所以意为亲戚。
Context & Register
常用于正式、文学或法律语境，如'next of kin'，在日常口语中较少使用。
Grammar Note
通常视为复数名词，如 'his kin are...'
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words (pin, tin, bin, sin, win, chin) rhyme with kin /kɪn/. Note that some words spelled with 'in' such as 'kind' or 'pint' have different vowel sounds.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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