娶
qǔTraditional: 娶
#1642 of 5,000 Core 5000
Translation
to marry (a woman), to take a wife
Word origin
A compound of 取 (qǔ, to take, phonetic and semantic) over 女 (nǚ, woman), depicting a man taking a woman as a wife.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 取 (qǔ, to take) + 女 (nǚ, woman)
Stroke order
娶
Examples
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He married a Shanghai girl last year.
。
I want to take her as my wife.
。
He did not take a wife until he was thirty.
媳妇。
His parents hope he will marry soon.
？
When do you plan to marry her?
娶 (qǔ) means for a man to marry a woman or take a wife. Its counterpart is 嫁 (jià), used when a woman marries a man, while 结婚 (jiéhūn) is the neutral verb for getting married.
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