婚 (hūn): marriage
婚 (hūn) is a Chinese character meaning “marriage.” Classified as HSK Level 3 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 女 (semantic) and 昏 (phonetic). It ranks #942 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 婚 woman. Its radical form 女 (woman) appears in many related characters such as 女 (nǚ, woman), 奶 (nǎi, grandmother, milk), 她 (tā, she).
Definitions
- marriage
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 婚
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 结婚verb | jié hūn | to marry | 3 |
| 婚礼noun | hūn lǐ | wedding ceremony | 5 |
| 婚姻noun | hūn yīn | marriage | 6 |
| 离婚verb | lí hūn | to divorce | 5 |
| 求婚verb | qiú hūn | to propose marriage | 6 |
| 订婚verb | dìng hūn | to get engaged | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 未婚妻noun | wèi hūn qī | fiancée |
| 未婚夫noun | wèi hūn fū | fiancé |
| 已婚adjective | yǐ hūn | married |
| 婚纱noun | hūn shā | wedding dress |
| 婚前noun | hūn qián | premarital |
| 新婚verb | xīn hūn | newly married |
| 未婚adjective | wèi hūn | unmarried |
| 再婚verb | zài hūn | to remarry |
| 婚约noun | hūn yuē | engagement |
| 婚宴noun | hūn yàn | wedding reception |
| 婚后 | hūn hòu | after getting married |
| 婚事noun | hūn shì | wedding |
| 重婚verb | chóng hūn | bigamy |
| 成婚verb | chéng hūn | to get married |
| 婚外恋noun | hūn wài liàn | see 婚外情 |
婚 appears in 100 compound words: 35 as the first character, 51 as the last, and 14 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 婚 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
他们的婚礼定在下个月，已经发了请柬给亲朋好友。
Tāmen de hūnlǐ dìng zài xià gè yuè, yǐjīng fā le qǐngjiǎn gěi qīnpéng hǎoyǒu.
Their wedding is scheduled for next month; invitations have already been sent to relatives and friends.
护花使者|广东美女拜年遭亲戚催婚 6岁侄仔妙语反击|有片
hù huā shǐ zhě guǎng dōng měi nǚ bài nián zāo qīn qī cuī hūn 6 suì zhí zǐ miào yǔ fǎn jī yǒu piàn
Flower Protector|Guangdong beauty was urged to get married by relatives for New Year's greetings, and her 6-year-old nephew counterattacked with a witty remark|There is a film
...金素梅涉貪案 昔「車內密會潘若迪」險被離婚
. . . jīn sù méi shè 貪 àn xī 車 內 mì 會 pān ruò dí 險 bèi 離 hūn
Jin Su-mei's Corruption Case: Once Nearly Divorced Over "Secret Car Meeting with Pan Ruodi"
離婚黃子佼半年!孟耿如近況曝光 周丹薇洩私下...
離 hūn 黃 zǐ 佼 bàn nián ! mèng gěng rú jìn 況 pù guāng zhōu dān 薇 洩 sī xià . . .
Half a year since Huang Zijiao's divorce! Meng Gengru's recent updates revealed as Zhou Danwei spills the beans on their private life...
...百萬人次! 12筊奪冠抱回90萬休旅車當婚車
. . . bǎi 萬 rén cì ! 筊 奪 guàn bào huí 萬 xiū lǚ 車 當 hūn 車
...One million visitors! Winning the championship with 12 divination sticks, they took home a $90,000 SUV as their wedding car.
春節婚慶帶旺金市!大陸金價飆升 結婚「五金」飆...
chūn 節 hūn 慶 帶 wàng jīn shì ! dà 陸 jīn 價 飆 shēng 結 hūn wǔ jīn 飆 . . .
Spring Festival Wedding Season Fuels Gold Market! Mainland Gold Prices Soar as Wedding "Five Metals" Skyrocket...
能告诉我你的婚姻状况吗？
Néng gàosu wǒ nǐ de hūnyīn zhuàngkuàng ma?
Can you tell me about your marital status?
你打算参加汤姆和玛丽的婚礼吗？
Nǐ dǎsuàn cānjiā Tāngmǔ hé Mǎlì de hūnlǐ ma?
Are you planning to be at Tom and Mary's wedding?
你为什么跟汤姆结婚？
Nǐ wèi shénme gēn Tāngmǔ jiéhūn?
Why did you marry Tom?
你觉得汤姆知道玛丽已经结了婚了吗？
Nǐ juéde Tāngmǔ zhīdào Mǎlì yǐjīng jiéle hūn le ma?
Do you think Tom knows Mary is married?
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