姻緣

See also: 姻缘

Chinese

		marriage connections	along; predestined affinity; reason along; predestined affinity; reason; edge
trad. (姻緣)		姻	緣
simp. (姻缘)		姻	缘

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīnyuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣ ㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan¹ jyun⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yîn-yèn / yîn-yàn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): in-iân / im-iân
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹in-yoe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīnyuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣ ㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yinyuán
    • Wade–Giles: yin¹-yüan²
    • Yale: yīn-ywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: inyuan
    • Palladius: иньюань (inʹjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 因緣／因缘 姻緣／姻缘

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jan¹ jyun⁴
    • Yale: yān yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan¹ jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen¹ yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn⁵⁵ jyːn²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 因緣／因缘 姻緣／姻缘

• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yîn-yèn
    • Hakka Romanization System: in^ˊ ien^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yin¹ yan²
    • Sinological IPA: /in²⁴ i̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yîn-yàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)in^ˊ (r)ian^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yin¹ yan²
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)in²⁴ (j)i̯an¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: in-iân
    • Tâi-lô: in-iân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: in'ieen
    • IPA (Taipei): /in⁴⁴⁻³³ iɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /in³³ iɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /in⁴⁴⁻²² iɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /in⁴⁴⁻²² iɛn¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /in⁴⁴⁻³³ iɛn²³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: im-iân
    • Tâi-lô: im-iân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: im'ieen
    • IPA (Taipei): /im⁴⁴⁻³³ iɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /im⁴⁴⁻³³ iɛn²³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹in-yoe
    • MiniDict: in^平 yoe
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹in-hhyoe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /in⁵⁵ ɦyø²¹/

Noun

姻緣

1. happy fate which brings lovers together in marriage (Classifier: 段)

   • 這段姻緣是天註定。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     这段姻缘是天注定。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2014, 郭婷筠 and 蔡佳麟, 姻緣天註定

     Chit tōaⁿ im-iân sī thiⁿ chù-tiāⁿ. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     This marriage is predestined.

Synonyms

• (literary) 分緣／分缘 (fènyuán)
• 因緣／因缘 (yīnyuán)
• 緣分／缘分 (yuánfèn)

Derived terms

• 三笑姻緣／三笑姻缘
• 五百姻緣天註定／五百姻缘天注定
• 兩世姻緣／两世姻缘
• 前世姻緣／前世姻缘
• 千里姻緣一線牽／千里姻缘一线牵 (qiānlǐ yīnyuán yīxiàn qiān)
• 好姻緣／好姻缘
• 姻緣簿／姻缘簿
• 醒世姻緣傳／醒世姻缘传
• 露水姻緣／露水姻缘