pīnyīn 
pin1yin1 
ㄓㄨㄧㄣ 
 
simplified 
traditional 
 
婚 
婚 
hun1 
 
 
to marry; marriage; wedding; to take a wife 
 
 
strokes 
11 
 
radical 
 
 
strokes after radical 
8 
 
包办婚姻 
包辦婚姻 
bao1 ban4 hun1 yin1 
 
 
forced marriage; arranged marriage (without the consent of the individuals) 
 
毕婚 
畢婚 
bi4 hun1 
 
 
to get married right after graduation 
 
成婚 
成婚 
cheng2 hun1 
 
 
to get married 
 
重婚 
重婚 
chong2 hun1 
 
 
bigamy 
 
重婚罪 
重婚罪 
chong2 hun1 zui4 
 
 
bigamy 
 
定婚 
定婚 
ding4 hun1 
 
 
variant of 訂婚|订婚 
 
订婚 
訂婚 
ding4 hun1 
 
 
to get engaged 
 
二婚 
二婚 
er4 hun1 
 
 
to marry for the second time; second marriage; second spouse 
 
二婚头 
二婚頭 
er4 hun1 tou2 
 
 
remarried lady (contemptuous term); lady who marries for a second time 
 
非婚生 
非婚生 
fei1 hun1 sheng1 
 
 
born out of wedlock; illegitimate 
 
非婚生子女 
非婚生子女 
fei1 hun1 sheng1 zi3 nv3 
 
 
an illegitimate child 
 
奉子成婚 
奉子成婚 
feng4 zi3 cheng2 hun1 
 
 
marriage arranged following a pregnancy; marriage necessitated by an unplanned pregnancy 
 
复婚 
復婚 
fu4 hun1 
 
 
to remarry (the same person) 
 
合婚 
合婚 
he2 hun1 
 
 
casting a couple's fortune based on their bithdates (old) 
 
悔婚 
悔婚 
hui3 hun1 
 
 
to break a promise of marriage 
 
婚变 
婚變 
hun1 bian4 
 
 
marriage upheaval (infidelity, divorce etc); marriage breakup 
 
婚典 
婚典 
hun1 dian3 
 
 
wedding; marriage celebration 
 
婚嫁 
婚嫁 
hun1 jia4 
 
 
marriage 
 
婚介 
婚介 
hun1 jie4 
 
 
matchmaking; abbr. for 婚姻介紹|婚姻介绍 
 
婚礼 
婚禮 
hun1 li3 
 
 
wedding ceremony; wedding 
 
婚恋 
婚戀 
hun1 lian4 
 
 
love and marriage 
 
婚龄 
婚齡 
hun1 ling2 
 
 
length of married life; marriageable age; actual marrying age 
 
婚配 
婚配 
hun1 pei4 
 
 
to marry 
 
婚期 
婚期 
hun1 qi1 
 
 
wedding day 
 
婚前 
婚前 
hun1 qian2 
 
 
premarital; prenuptial 
 
婚前财产公证 
婚前財產公證 
hun1 qian2 cai2 chan3 gong1 zheng4 
 
 
prenuptial agreement; dowry contract 
 
婚前性行为 
婚前性行為 
hun1 qian2 xing4 xing2 wei2 
 
 
premarital sex 
 
婚庆 
婚慶 
hun1 qing4 
 
 
wedding celebration 
 
婚纱 
婚紗 
hun1 sha1 
 
 
wedding dress 
 
婚纱摄影 
婚紗攝影 
hun1 sha1 she4 ying3 
 
 
wedding photos (done in studio, kit and caboodle taken care of by the studio) 
 
婚神星 
婚神星 
hun1 shen2 xing1 
 
 
Ceres, an asteroid 
 
婚事 
婚事 
hun1 shi4 
 
 
wedding; marriage 
 
婚书 
婚書 
hun1 shu1 
 
 
(old) marriage contract 
 
婚外 
婚外 
hun1 wai4 
 
 
extramarital 
 
婚外恋 
婚外戀 
hun1 wai4 lian4 
 
 
see 婚外情 
 
婚外情 
婚外情 
hun1 wai4 qing2 
 
 
extramarital affair 
 
婚筵 
婚筵 
hun1 yan2 
 
 
wedding reception 
 
婚宴 
婚宴 
hun1 yan4 
 
 
wedding reception 
 
婚姻 
婚姻 
hun1 yin1 
 
 
matrimony; wedding; marriage 
 
婚姻法 
婚姻法 
hun1 yin1 fa3 
 
 
marriage law 
 
婚姻介绍所 
婚姻介紹所 
hun1 yin1 jie4 shao4 suo3 
 
 
marriage agency 
 
婚姻调解 
婚姻調解 
hun1 yin1 tiao2 jie3 
 
 
marriage counseling 
 
婚友 
婚友 
hun1 you3 
 
 
singles seeking marriage partners; in-laws and friends 
 
婚约 
婚約 
hun1 yue1 
 
 
engagement; wedding contract 
 
急婚族 
急婚族 
ji2 hun1 zu2 
 
 
(coll.) those who are in a rush to get married 
 
结婚 
結婚 
jie2 hun1 
 
 
to marry; to get married 
 
结婚纪念日 
結婚紀念日 
jie2 hun1 ji4 nian4 ri4 
 
 
wedding anniversary 
 
结婚证 
結婚證 
jie2 hun1 zheng4 
 
 
marriage certificate 
 
举行婚礼 
舉行婚禮 
ju3 xing2 hun1 li3 
 
 
to celebrate a wedding 
 
赖婚 
賴婚 
lai4 hun1 
 
 
to go back on a marriage contract; to repudiate an engagement 
 
离婚 
離婚 
li2 hun1 
 
 
to divorce; divorced from (one's spouse) 
 
裸婚 
裸婚 
luo3 hun1 
 
 
lit. naked wedding; no-frills civil wedding ceremony lacking a material foundation: no car, house, reception, rings, or honeymoon 
 
冥婚 
冥婚 
ming2 hun1 
 
 
posthumous or ghost marriage (in which at least one of the bride and groom is dead) 
 
男婚女嫁 
男婚女嫁 
nan2 hun1 nv3 jia4 
 
 
to celebrate a wedding 
 
宁拆十座庙,不毁一桩婚 
寧拆十座廟,不毀一樁婚 
ning2 chai1 shi2 zuo4 miao4 - bu4 hui4 yi1 zhuang1 hun1 
 
 
rather destroy ten temples than a single marriage (idiom) 
 
聘娶婚 
聘娶婚 
pin4 qu3 hun1 
 
 
formal betrothal (in which the boy's family sends presents to the girl's family) 
 
抢婚 
搶婚 
qiang3 hun1 
 
 
marriage by capture; bride kidnapping 
 
求婚 
求婚 
qiu2 hun1 
 
 
to propose marriage 
 
闪电式结婚 
閃電式結婚 
shan3 dian4 shi4 jie2 hun1 
 
 
lightning wedding; to get married on the spur of the moment; abbr. to 閃婚|闪婚 
 
闪婚 
閃婚 
shan3 hun1 
 
 
lightning wedding; to get married on the spur of the moment 
 
少女露笑脸,婚事半成全 
少女露笑臉,婚事半成全 
shao4 nv3 lu4 xiao4 lian3 - hun1 shi4 ban4 cheng2 quan2 
 
 
When the girl smiles, the matchmaker's job is half done. (idiom) 
 
失婚 
失婚 
shi1 hun1 
 
 
to lose one's spouse (through marriage failure or bereavement) 
 
适婚 
適婚 
shi4 hun1 
 
 
of marriageable age; nubile 
 
试婚 
試婚 
shi4 hun1 
 
 
trial marriage; to live together before deciding whether to marry 
 
适婚期 
適婚期 
shi4 hun1 qi1 
 
 
ages suitable for getting married 
 
事实婚 
事實婚 
shi4 shi2 hun1 
 
 
common-law marriage; de facto marriage 
 
逃婚 
逃婚 
tao2 hun1 
 
 
to flee to avoid an arranged marriage 
 
提婚 
提婚 
ti2 hun1 
 
 
to propose marriage 
 
通婚 
通婚 
tong1 hun1 
 
 
to intermarry 
 
晚婚晚育 
晚婚晚育 
wan3 hun1 wan3 yu4 
 
 
to marry and give birth late 
 
未婚 
未婚 
wei4 hun1 
 
 
unmarried 
 
未婚夫 
未婚夫 
wei4 hun1 fu1 
 
 
fiancé 
 
未婚妻 
未婚妻 
wei4 hun1 qi1 
 
 
fiancée 
 
锡婚 
錫婚 
xi1 hun1 
 
 
tin anniversary; aluminum anniversary; 10th wedding anniversary 
 
先有后婚 
先有後婚 
xian1 you3 hou4 hun1 
 
 
marriage arranged following a pregnancy; marriage necessitated by an unplanned pregnancy 
 
新婚 
新婚 
xin1 hun1 
 
 
newly wed 
 
新婚夫妇 
新婚夫婦 
xin1 hun1 fu1 fu4 
 
 
newly married couple; newlyweds 
 
新婚宴尔 
新婚宴爾 
xin1 hun1 yan4 er3 
 
 
newlyweds; love birds 
 
新婚燕尔 
新婚燕爾 
xin1 hun1 yan4 er3 
 
 
newlyweds; love birds 
 
形婚 
形婚 
xing2 hun1 
 
 
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 
 
许婚 
許婚 
xu3 hun1 
 
 
to become engaged; to affiance (a daughter) 
 
已婚 
已婚 
yi3 hun1 
 
 
married 
 
因孕而婚 
因孕而婚 
yin1 yun4 er2 hun1 
 
 
shotgun wedding (idiom) 
 
银婚 
銀婚 
yin2 hun1 
 
 
silver wedding (25th wedding anniversary) 
 
杂婚 
雜婚 
za2 hun1 
 
 
mixed marriage 
 
再婚 
再婚 
zai4 hun1 
 
 
to remarry 
 
早婚 
早婚 
zao3 hun1 
 
 
to marry too early 
 
征婚 
徵婚 
zheng1 hun1 
 
 
to look for a partner 
 
证婚 
證婚 
zheng4 hun1 
 
 
to be witness (at a wedding) 
 
证婚人 
證婚人 
zheng4 hun1 ren2 
 
 
wedding witness 
 
纸婚 
紙婚 
zhi3 hun1 
 
 
paper wedding (first year wedding anniversary)