婚姻

Chinese

		to marry; marriage; wedding to marry; marriage; wedding; to take a wife	marriage connections
trad. (婚姻)		婚	姻
simp. #(婚姻)		婚	姻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hūnyīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄣ ㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fan¹ jan¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fûn-yîn
• Eastern Min (BUC): huŏng-ĭng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hun-in / hun-ian

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hung¹ ing¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹huen-in

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hūnyīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄣ ㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hunyin
    • Wade–Giles: hun¹-yin¹
    • Yale: hwūn-yīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huenin
    • Palladius: хуньинь (xunʹinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ən⁵⁵ in⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fan¹ jan¹
    • Yale: fān yān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fan¹ jan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fen¹ yen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn⁵⁵ jɐn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fûn-yîn
    • Hakka Romanization System: fun^ˊ in^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fun¹ yin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /fun²⁴⁻¹¹ in²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fûn-yîn
    • Hakka Romanization System: fun^ˊ (r)in^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fun¹ yin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /fun²⁴⁻¹¹ (j)in²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: huŏng-ĭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huoŋ⁵⁵ ^(Ø-)ŋiŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hun-in
    • Tâi-lô: hun-in
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hun'yn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hun³³ in³³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hun⁴⁴⁻³³ in⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hun⁴⁴⁻²² in⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hun-ian
    • Tâi-lô: hun-ian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hun'iefn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hun³³ iɛn³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hung¹ ing¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hung ing
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huŋ³³⁻²³ iŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹huen-in
    • MiniDict: huen^平 in
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹hun-in
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /huən⁵⁵ in²¹/

Noun

婚姻

1. marriage; matrimony (Classifier: 樁／桩 m; 次 m)

   婚姻自由  ―  hūnyīn zìyóu  ―  freedom of marriage

   涉外婚姻  ―  shèwài hūnyīn  ―  marriage with a foreigner; transnational marriage

   婚姻破裂  ―  hūnyīn pòliè  ―  breakdown of marriage

   婚姻制度  ―  hūnyīn zhìdù  ―  institution of marriage

   美滿婚姻／美满婚姻  ―  měimǎn hūnyīn  ―  happy marriage

   第一次婚姻  ―  dìyī cì hūnyīn  ―  first marriage

   步入婚姻殿堂  ―  bùrù hūnyīn diàntáng  ―  to walk down the aisle; to become married

   他的婚姻瓦解了。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Tā de hūnyīn wǎjiě le. [Pinyin]

   His marriage fell apart.

   婚姻是愛情的墳墓。 [MSC, trad.]
   婚姻是爱情的坟墓。 [MSC, simp.]

   Hūnyīn shì àiqíng de fénmù. [Pinyin]

   Marriage is the tomb of love. (saying)

Synonyms

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• 婚事 (hūnshì)
• 紅事／红事 (hóngshì)
• 親事／亲事 (qīnshì)
• 親情／亲情 (Hokkien, Teochew)

 

Derived terms

• 事實婚姻／事实婚姻 (shìshí hūnyīn)
• 互助婚姻 (hùzhù hūnyīn)
• 包辦婚姻／包办婚姻 (bāobàn hūnyīn)
• 協議婚姻／协议婚姻 (xiéyì hūnyīn)
• 同志婚姻 (tóngzhì hūnyīn)
• 同性婚姻 (tóngxìng hūnyīn)
• 婚姻介紹所／婚姻介绍所 (hūnyīn jièshàosuǒ)
• 婚姻失調／婚姻失调
• 婚姻懇談／婚姻恳谈
• 婚姻暴力
• 婚姻法 (hūnyīnfǎ)
• 婚姻狀況／婚姻状况 (hūnyīn zhuàngkuàng)
• 婚姻自由
• 形式婚姻 (xíngshì hūnyīn)
• 政治婚姻 (zhèngzhì hūnyīn)
• 權宜婚姻／权宜婚姻 (quányí hūnyīn)
• 民事婚姻 (mínshì hūnyīn)
• 無性婚姻／无性婚姻
• 臨界婚姻／临界婚姻
• 虛假婚姻／虚假婚姻 (xūjiǎ hūnyīn)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
婚	姻
こん Grade: S	いん Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

婚(こん)姻(いん) • (kon'in) 

1. marriage
2. matrimony

Synonyms

• 結婚(けっこん) (kekkon): marriage

Korean

Hanja in this term
婚	姻

Noun

婚姻 • (honin) (hangeul 혼인)

1. hanja form^? of 혼인 (“marriage; matrimony”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
婚	姻

Noun

婚姻

1. chữ Hán form of hôn nhân (“marriage”).