🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

家庭责任

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jiātíng zérèn

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Familial Obligation/fəˈmɪl.i.əl ˌɒb.lɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"她感到有强烈的家庭责任去照顾年迈的父母。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A duty or responsibility that one has towards their family members.

    "She felt a strong familial obligation to care for her aging parents."
  2. 2

    The expectations or duties that arise from family relationships.

    "Cultural norms often dictate the familial obligations that children have towards their parents."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'familial' originates from the Latin 'familialis', which means 'of a family', derived from 'familia', meaning 'household'. 'Obligation' comes from the Latin 'obligatio', meaning 'a binding', which evolved through Old French into Middle English. The combination reflects the duty or responsibility one has towards family members.

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🇫🇷French → English

obligation familiale

Transliteration: obliɡasjɔ̃ famijal

"Elle ressent une forte obligation familiale de s'occuper de ses parents âgés."

🇩🇪German → English

familiäre Verpflichtung

Transliteration: faˈmiːli̯aːʁə fɛʁˈpflɪçtʊŋ

"Sie fühlt eine starke familiäre Verpflichtung, sich um ihre älteren Eltern zu kümmern."

🇮🇹Italian → English

obbligo familiare

Transliteration: ˈobbliɡo familiare

"Sente un forte obbligo familiare di prendersi cura dei suoi genitori anziani."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

obligación familiar

Transliteration: obliɣaˈθjon faˈmiliar

"Siente una fuerte obligación familiar de cuidar a sus padres ancianos."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

obrigação familiar

Transliteration: obɾiɡaˈsɐ̃w fɐmiˈljaɾ

"Ela sente uma forte obrigação familiar de cuidar dos pais idosos."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

पारिवारिक दायित्व

Transliteration: pārivārik dāyitva

"उसे अपने वृद्ध माता-पिता की देखभाल करने का एक मजबूत पारिवारिक दायित्व महसूस होता है।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

家庭责任

Transliteration: jiātíng zérèn

"她感到有强烈的家庭责任去照顾年迈的父母。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

가족 의무

Transliteration: gajok uimu

"그녀는 노부모를 돌봐야 할 강한 가족 의무를 느낍니다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

家族の義務

Transliteration: kazoku no gimu

"彼女は高齢の両親の世話をする強い家族の義務を感じています。"

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