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qīnqi

亲戚qīnqiqīnqi
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Usages of qīnqi

周末zhōumò　她tā　常常chángcháng　带dài　孩子háizi　去qù　看看kànkan　亲戚qīnqi，　跟gēn　阿姨āyí　在zài　家jiā　里lǐ　聊天liáotiān。zhōumò tā chángcháng dài háizi qù kànkan qīnqi, gēn āyí zài jiā lǐ liáotiān.
On weekends she often takes the child to visit relatives and chats at home with her aunt.
周末zhōumò　我wǒ　不bù　想xiǎng　跟gēn　亲戚qīnqi　一起yìqǐ　去qù　聚会jùhuì。zhōumò wǒ bù xiǎng gēn qīnqi yìqǐ qù jùhuì.
On weekends I don’t want to go to parties with relatives.
暑假shǔjià　比bǐ　寒假hánjià　长cháng，　大学生dàxuéshēng　有yǒu　时间shíjiān　旅游lǚyóu　或者huòzhě　回huí　老家lǎojiā　看看kànkan　亲戚qīnqi。shǔjià bǐ hánjià cháng, dàxuéshēng yǒu shíjiān lǚyóu huòzhě huí lǎojiā kànkan qīnqi.
Summer vacation is longer than winter vacation, and college students have time to travel or go back to their hometowns to visit relatives.

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