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Usage of the character 婚

hūn
[婚]
  • to marry
  • marriage
  • wedding
  • to take a wife
hūnjiè
婚介
[婚介]
  • matchmaking
  • abbr. for 婚姻介紹/婚姻介绍
tíhūn
提婚
[提婚]
  • to propose marriage
dàhūn
大婚
[大婚]
  • to have a grand wedding; to get married in lavish style
hūnshì
婚事
[婚事]
  • wedding
  • marriage
  • CL:門/门 (mén),樁/桩 (zhuāng)
záhūn
杂婚
[雜婚]
  • mixed marriage
chūhūn
初婚
[初婚]
  • to marry for the first time
  • to be newly married
hūnshū
婚书
[婚書]
  • (old) marriage contract
hūnyǒu
婚友
[婚友]
  • singles seeking marriage partners
  • in-laws and friends
hūnqìng
婚庆
[婚慶]
  • wedding celebration
yīnhūn
阴婚
[陰婚]
  • ghost marriage (in which one or both parties are dead)
mínghūn
冥婚
[冥婚]
  • posthumous or ghost marriage (in which at least one of the bride and groom is dead)
shǎnhūn
闪婚
[閃婚]
  • to get married soon after meeting (abbr. for 閃電結婚/闪电结婚 (shǎndiànjiéhūn)) (neologism c. 2005)
èrhūn
二婚
[二婚]
  • (coll.) (usu. of women in former times) to marry for a second time
  • second marriage
  • person who remarries
shìhūn
试婚
[試婚]
  • trial marriage
  • to live together before deciding whether to marry
qiúhūn
求婚
[求婚]
  • to propose marriage
táohūn
逃婚
[逃婚]
  • to flee to avoid an arranged marriage
hūnjià
婚嫁
[婚嫁]
  • marriage
tónghūn
童婚
[童婚]
  • child marriage
hūnpèi
婚配
[婚配]
  • to marry
héhūn
合婚
[合婚]
  • casting a couple's fortune based on their bithdates (old)
pīnhūn
拼婚
[拼婚]
  • to save money on wedding expenses by getting together with another couple (or couples) in arranging restaurant reservations, wedding photo shoots etc
hūnlíng
婚龄
[婚齡]
  • length of married life
  • marriageable age
  • actual marrying age
tuìhūn
退婚
[退婚]
  • to break off an engagement
chónghūn
重婚
[重婚]
  • bigamy
xǔhūn
许婚
[許婚]
  • to become engaged
  • to affiance (a daughter)
xīhūn
锡婚
[錫婚]
  • tin anniversary; aluminum anniversary (10th wedding anniversary)
hūnqián
婚前
[婚前]
  • premarital
  • prenuptial
hūnjià
婚假
[婚假]
  • marriage leave
zǎohūn
早婚
[早婚]
  • to marry too early
xīnhūn
新婚
[新婚]
  • newly wed
yǐhūn
已婚
[已婚]
  • married
líhūn
离婚
[離婚]
  • to divorce
cuīhūn
催婚
[催婚]
  • to urge sb (typically, one's adult child or nephew etc) to get married
jiéhūn
结婚
[結婚]
  • to marry
  • to get married
  • CL:次 (cì)
dìnghūn
订婚
[訂婚]
  • to get engaged
xínghūn
形婚
[形婚]
  • sham marriage, esp. a marriage between a gay man and a lesbian arranged in response to parental expectations of a conventional marriage (abbr. for 形式婚姻 (xíngshìhūnyīn))
làihūn
赖婚
[賴婚]
  • to go back on a marriage contract
  • to repudiate an engagement
hūnwài
婚外
[婚外]
  • extramarital
hūnshā
婚纱
[婚紗]
  • wedding dress
  • CL:身 (shēn)
hūnbiàn
婚变
[婚變]
  • marriage upheaval (infidelity, divorce etc)
  • marriage breakup
tōnghūn
通婚
[通婚]
  • to intermarry
yǐnhūn
隐婚
[隱婚]
  • to be married but keep it secret from family, colleagues or the general public
dìnghūn
定婚
[定婚]
  • variant of 訂婚/订婚 (dìnghūn)
hūnyīn
婚姻
[婚姻]
  • marriage; matrimony
  • CL:樁/桩 (zhuāng),次 (cì)
zhēnghūn
征婚
[徵婚]
  • to look for a partner
zhǐhūn
纸婚
[紙婚]
  • paper wedding (first wedding anniversary)
hūnyuē
婚约
[婚約]
  • engagement
  • wedding contract
zàihūn
再婚
[再婚]
  • to remarry
hūnyàn
婚宴
[婚宴]
  • wedding reception
tónghūn
同婚
[同婚]
  • same-sex marriage
  • gay marriage
hūndiǎn
婚典
[婚典]
  • wedding
  • marriage celebration
shīhūn
失婚
[失婚]
  • to lose one's spouse (through marriage failure or bereavement)
hūnqī
婚期
[婚期]
  • wedding day
hūnyán
婚筵
[婚筵]
  • wedding reception
hūnliàn
婚恋
[婚戀]
  • love and marriage
hūnlǐ
婚礼
[婚禮]
  • wedding ceremony
  • wedding
  • CL:場/场 (chǎng)
fùhūn
复婚
[復婚]
  • to remarry (the same person)
kǒnghūn
恐婚
[恐婚]
  • to have an aversion to getting married
huǐhūn
悔婚
[悔婚]
  • to break a promise of marriage
qiǎnghūn
抢婚
[搶婚]
  • marriage by capture
  • bride kidnapping
wèihūn
未婚
[未婚]
  • unmarried
zhènghūn
证婚
[證婚]
  • to be witness (at a wedding)
bìhūn
毕婚
[畢婚]
  • to get married right after graduation
luǒhūn
裸婚
[裸婚]
  • lit. naked wedding
  • no-frills civil wedding ceremony lacking a material foundation: no car, house, reception, rings, or honeymoon
yínhūn
银婚
[銀婚]
  • silver wedding (25th wedding anniversary)
chénghūn
成婚
[成婚]
  • to get married
shìhūn
适婚
[適婚]
  • of marriageable age
hūnwàiqíng
婚外情
[婚外情]
  • extramarital affair
hūnwàiliàn
婚外恋
[婚外戀]
  • see 婚外情 (hūnwàiqíng)
èrhūntóu
二婚头
[二婚頭]
  • remarried lady (contemptuous term)
  • lady who marries for a second time
wèihūnqī
未婚妻
[未婚妻]
  • fiancée
wèihūnfū
未婚夫
[未婚夫]
  • fiancé
chónghūnzuì
重婚罪
[重婚罪]
  • bigamy
shìhūnqī
适婚期
[適婚期]
  • age range suitable for getting married
hūnyīnfǎ
婚姻法
[婚姻法]
  • marriage law
jíhūnzú
急婚族
[急婚族]
  • (coll.) those who are in a rush to get married
Hūnshénxīng
婚神星
[婚神星]
  • Juno, an asteroid
zhènghūnrén
证婚人
[證婚人]
  • wedding witness
fēihūnshēng
非婚生
[非婚生]
  • born out of wedlock
  • illegitimate
shìshíhūn
事实婚
[事實婚]
  • common-law marriage
  • de facto marriage
pìnqǔhūn
聘娶婚
[聘娶婚]
  • formal betrothal (in which the boy's family sends presents to the girl's family)
jiéhūnzhèng
结婚证
[結婚證]
  • marriage certificate
nánhūnnüjià
男婚女嫁
[男婚女嫁]
  • to celebrate a wedding
xīnhūnyàn'ěr
新婚燕尔
[新婚燕爾]
  • newlyweds
fèngzǐchénghūn
奉子成婚
[奉子成婚]
  • to marry after getting pregnant
hūnyīntiáojiě
婚姻调解
[婚姻調解]
  • marriage counseling
shǎndiànjiéhūn
闪电结婚
[閃電結婚]
  • to get married soon after meeting
hūnshāshèyǐng
婚纱摄影
[婚紗攝影]
  • wedding photos (done in studio, kit and caboodle taken care of by the studio)
yīnyùn'érhūn
因孕而婚
[因孕而婚]
  • (idiom) to marry because of an unplanned pregnancy
zhǐfùwéihūn
指腹为婚
[指腹為婚]
  • to propose the future marriage of two unborn babies on condition that one turns out to be a boy, and the other, a girl (idiom)
xiānyǒuhòuhūn
先有后婚
[先有後婚]
  • to marry after getting pregnant
xīnhūnfūfù
新婚夫妇
[新婚夫婦]
  • newly married couple
  • newlyweds
bāobànhūnyīn
包办婚姻
[包辦婚姻]
  • forced marriage
  • arranged marriage (without the consent of the individuals)
yǐhūnyǐyù
已婚已育
[已婚已育]
  • married, with one or more children
jiéhūnshēngzǐ
结婚生子
[結婚生子]
  • to get married and have kids; to start a family
wǎnhūnwǎnyù
晚婚晚育
[晚婚晚育]
  • to marry and give birth late
xīnhūnyàn'ěr
新婚宴尔
[新婚宴爾]
  • variant of 新婚燕爾/新婚燕尔 (xīnhūnyàn'ěr)
hūnyīnjièshàosuǒ
婚姻介绍所
[婚姻介紹所]
  • marriage agency
xiǎobiéshèngxīnhūn
小别胜新婚
[小別勝新婚]
  • reunion after an absence is sweeter than being newlyweds (idiom)
  • absence makes the heart grow fonder
fēihūnshēngzǐnü
非婚生子女
[非婚生子女]
  • an illegitimate child
jiéhūnjìniànrì
结婚纪念日
[結婚紀念日]
  • wedding anniversary
hūnqiánxìngxíngwéi
婚前性行为
[婚前性行為]
  • premarital sex
hūnqiáncáichǎngōngzhèng
婚前财产公证
[婚前財產公證]
  • prenuptial agreement
  • dowry contract
nìngchāishízuòmiào,bùhuǐyīzhuānghūn
宁拆十座庙,不毁一桩婚
[寧拆十座廟,不毀一樁婚]
  • rather destroy ten temples than a single marriage (idiom)