(jié hūn) - to marry, to get married in Mandarin
jiéhūnTraditional: 結婚
HSK 3
#470 of 5,000 Core 1000
Translation
to marry, to get married
Word origin
结婚 means 'to marry': 结 (jié, 'to tie, to bind', with 纟the silk radical) plus 婚 (hūn, 'marriage', with 女 the woman radical and 昏 hūn as phonetic). Literally to tie the marriage knot.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 结 (jié, to tie: 纟silk + 吉 phonetic) + 婚 (hūn, marriage: 女 woman + 昏 phonetic)
Stroke order
结
婚
Examples
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They got married last year.
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When do you plan to get married?
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Getting married is a big deal.
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He just got married to his girlfriend.
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After we got married we moved house.
结婚 (jié hūn) - to marry, to get married.
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