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姻

yīn

HSK 5 Character

What 姻 means

1. marriage connections

Other readings

姻 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• yīnvariant of {姻|yīn}

Example sentences

• 有些人害怕婚姻。
  Marriage frightens some people.
• 他的婚姻观很畸形。
  Tā de hūnyīn guān hěn jīxíng.
  His view on marriage is abnormal.
• 婚姻是造成离婚的主因。
  Hūnyīn shì zàochéng líhūn de zhǔyīn.
  Marriage is the main cause of divorce.
• 我的父亲反对我们的婚姻。
  Wǒ de fùqīn fǎnduì wǒmen de hūnyīn.
  My father objected to our marriage.
• 能告诉我你的婚姻状况吗？
  Can you tell me about your marital status?
• 现在台湾把同性婚姻合法化。
  Taiwan legalized same-sex marriage today.

Words starting with 姻

• 姻缘yīn yuána marriage predestined by fate
• 姻亲yīn qīnrelation by marriage; in-laws

Words containing 姻

• 婚姻hūn yīnmarriage; matrimony
• 联姻lián yīnrelated by marriage; to connect by marriage (families, work units)
• 婚姻法hūn yīn fǎmarriage law
• 事实婚姻shì shí hūn yīnde facto marriage; common-law marriage
• 前世姻缘qián shì yīn yuána marriage predestined in a former life (idiom)
• 包办婚姻bāo bàn hūn yīnforced marriage; arranged marriage (without the consent of the individuals)
• 婚姻调解hūn yīn tiáo jiěmarriage counseling
• 露水姻缘lù shuǐ yīn yuáncasual romance; short-lived relationship
• 婚姻介绍所hūn yīn jiè shào suǒmarriage agency

Characters built on 因

These share the phonetic component 因 (yīn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 茵yīnmattress
• 铟yīnindium (chemistry)
• 氤yīnused in 氤氲
• 洇yīnto soak; to blotch; to splotch

Characters that look like 姻

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 组zǔto form; to organize; group
• 姆mǔ(old) female tutor; used in 保姆
• 姐jiěolder sister
• 捆kǔna bunch; to tie together; bundle
• 娟juānbeautiful; graceful
• 娣dìwife of a younger brother

Sounds the same

Read yīn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 因cause; reason; because
• 阴overcast (weather); cloudy; shady
• 音sound; noise; note (of musical scale)
• 茵mattress
• 荫(bound form) shade (of a tree)
• 殷flourishing; abundant; earnest
• 铟indium (chemistry)
• 慇solicitous
• 氤used in 氤氲
• 喑mute
• 洇to soak; to blotch; to splotch
• 愔peaceful; solemn