Chinese word

再婚

Pronunciation

Pinyinzài hūn

Meaning

  • verbremarry

Example

他去年再婚了。tā qù nián zài hūn le

He remarried last year.

Illustration for 再婚 (remarry)

More examples

因为孩子，他不想再婚。yīn wèi hái zi tā bù xiǎng zài hūn

Because of the children, he does not want to remarry.

Core concept

The return to married life through a later marriage.

Common phrases

  • 考虑再婚kǎo lǜ zài hūn

    consider remarrying

  • 不想再婚bù xiǎng zài hūn

    not want to remarry

Similar words

复婚fù hūn: Marry a former spouse again after divorce and restore the marriage.
再嫁zài jià: Marry again, specifically describing a woman entering a new marriage.
再娶zài qǔ: Marry again, specifically describing a man entering a new marriage.
结婚jié hūn: Become married by entering a marriage, without implying any earlier marriage.

Definition in Chinese

在解除先前婚姻关系后，再次与他人建立婚姻关系的行为或事实。zài jiě chú xiān qián hūn yīn guān xì hòu zài cì yǔ tā rén jiàn lì hūn yīn guān xì de xíng wéi huò shì shí

Word origin

再 (zài, "again") + 婚 (hūn, "marriage") forms a transparent compound for entering marriage again after an earlier marriage.

Usage tips

  • With 了 (le, "completed-event particle") after 再婚 (zàihūn, "remarry"), the sentence presents the remarriage as completed or newly relevant, while 了 remains separate from the word.

Other meanings

  • remarriagenoun

Related words

  • 再婚家庭zài hūn jiā tíngfamily formed by remarriagenoun

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