婚 (fan1 | hun1) : to wed; to marry; marriage; wedding

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婚

fan1

hun1

[1] [v] to wed; to marry
[2] [n] a marriage; a wedding

Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: 女 (#38)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

婚

This word has been viewed 15950 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 21st Nov 2009 13:38

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結婚 git3 fan1 jie2 hun1 = to marry

未婚夫 mei6 fan1 fu1 wei4 hun1 fu1 = fiancé; fiance; husband-to-be

未婚妻 mei6 fan1 cai1 wei4 hun1 qi1 = fiancée; fiancee

婚禮 fan1 lai5 hun1 li3 = wedding ceremony, wedding

婚外情 fan1 ngoi6 cing4 hun1 wai4 qing2 = extramarital affair

婚紗 fan1 saa1 hun1 sha1 = wedding dress

結婚酒 git3 fan1 zau2 = a wedding reception

婚期 fan1 kei4 hun1 qi1 (PRC), hun1 qi2 (Taiwan) = wedding date

婚事 fan1 si6 hun1 shi4 = wedding; marriage

金婚 gam1 fan1 jin1 hun1 = golden wedding
See all 60 compounds (CantoDict reports 67 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 3 examples containing 婚

李生結咗婚﹐有兩個仔﹐重係讀緊書。粵
Mr Lee is married with two sons, who are still in school.
[There is no relative pronoun (such as "who") in Cantonese. The change of subject is self-evident from the context.]

今次婚禮嘅場面認真巴閉粵
The wedding ceremony was really grand

佢哋結咗婚?呃鬼食豆腐咩。粵
They got married! You're kidding!

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Decimal representation of this word: 婚
Unicode code for this character: U+5a5a (off-site link)

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