Chinese word

结婚

Pronunciation

Pinyinjié hūn

Meaning

  • verbget married

Example

我们打算尽快结婚。wǒ men dǎ suàn jǐn kuài jié hūn

We plan to get married as soon as possible.

Illustration for 结婚 (get married)

More examples

结婚以后，生活会有很多变化。jié hūn yǐ hòu shēng huó huì yǒu hěn duō biàn huà

After getting married, life will change a lot.

Core concept

Two people join their lives as spouses and form a family bond.

Common phrases

  • 结婚以后jié hūn yǐ hòu

    after getting married

  • 已经结婚了yǐ jīng jié hūn le

    already married

Similar words

离婚lí hūn: To end a marriage and stop being spouses.
订婚dìng hūn: To promise to marry and become engaged.
娶qǔ: For a man, to marry a woman and take her as his wife.

Definition in Chinese

结婚是指两个人在情感和法律上结合成为配偶、建立家庭关系，也可泛指以婚礼等形式表示这一结合的行为。jié hūn shì zhǐ liǎng gè rén zài qíng gǎn hé fǎ lǜ shàng jié hé chéng wéi pèi ǒu jiàn lì jiā tíng guān xì yě kě fàn zhǐ yǐ hūn lǐ děng xíng shì biǎo shì zhè yì jié hé de xíng wéi

Word origin

结婚 (jiéhūn, "get married") is formed from 结 (jié, "tie or join") + 婚 (hūn, "marriage"), so its structure presents marriage as two people joining.

Usage tips

  • Chinese commonly places 和 (hé, "with"), 跟 (gēn, "with"), or 与 (yǔ, "with") plus the partner before the verb, unlike English, which usually puts the partner directly after marry.

Other meanings

  • marriagenoun

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