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婚

hūn

HSK 3 Character

What 婚 means

1. bound formmarriage; wedding
2. bound formto marry

Example sentences

• 我已婚。
  I'm married.
• 我结婚了。
  I'm married.
• 我离婚了。
  I am divorced.
• 她终生未婚。
  Tā zhōngshēng wèihūn.
  She remained single all her life.
• 她结婚了吗？
  Is she married?
• 你结婚了吗？
  Are you married?

Words starting with 婚

• 婚姻hūn yīnmarriage; matrimony
• 婚礼hūn lǐwedding ceremony; wedding
• 婚后hūn hòuafter getting married
• 婚事hūn shìwedding; marriage
• 婚纱hūn shāwedding dress
• 婚前hūn qiánpremarital; prenuptial
• 婚宴hūn yànwedding reception
• 婚约hūn yuēengagement; wedding contract
• 婚外情hūn wài qíngextramarital affair
• 婚姻法hūn yīn fǎmarriage law
• 婚恋hūn liànlove and marriage
• 婚嫁hūn jiàmarriage
• 婚期hūn qīwedding day
• 婚介所hūn jiè suǒmatchmaking agency; dating service (abbr. for 婚姻介绍所
• 婚庆hūn qìngwedding celebration
• 婚介hūn jièmatchmaking; marriage introduction service (abbr. for 婚姻介绍
• 婚假hūn jiàmarriage leave
• 婚典hūn diǎnwedding; marriage celebration
• 婚友hūn yǒusingles seeking marriage partners; in-laws and friends
• 婚外hūn wàiextramarital
• 婚房hūn fángnewlyweds' home
• 婚书hūn shū(old) marriage contract
• 婚变hūn biànmarriage upheaval (infidelity, divorce etc); marriage breakup
• 婚车hūn chēwedding car

Words containing 婚

• 结婚jié hūnto marry; to get married
• 离婚lí hūnto divorce
• 新婚xīn hūnnewly married
• 未婚wèi hūnunmarried
• 求婚qiú hūnto propose marriage
• 已婚yǐ hūnmarried
• 订婚dìng hūnto get engaged
• 未婚妻wèi hūn qīfiancée
• 征婚zhēng hūnto look for a partner
• 未婚夫wèi hūn fūfiancé
• 结婚证jié hūn zhèngmarriage certificate
• 再婚zài hūnto remarry
• 成婚chéng hūnto get married
• 通婚tōng hūnto intermarry
• 复婚fù hūnto remarry (the same person)
• 初婚chū hūnto marry for the first time; to be newly married
• 合婚hé hūncasting a couple's fortune based on their bithdates (old)
• 同婚tóng hūnsame-sex marriage; gay marriage
• 大婚dà hūnto have a grand wedding; to get married in lavish style
• 失婚shī hūnto lose one's spouse (through marriage failure or bereavement)
• 完婚wán hūn(formal) to get married; to hold a wedding
• 形婚xíng hūnsham marriage, esp. a marriage between a gay man and a lesbian arranged in response to…
• 恐婚kǒng hūnto have an aversion to getting married
• 提婚tí hūnto propose marriage

Characters built on 昏

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

• 阍hūndoorkeeper
• 惛hūnconfused; forgetful; silly

Characters that look like 婚

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

• 搂lōuto draw towards oneself; to gather; to gather up (one's gown, sleeves etc)
• 娟juānbeautiful; graceful
• 焙bèito dry over a fire; to bake
• 捂wǔto enclose; to cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears); to cover up (an affair)
• 婧jìng(literary) (of a woman) slender; delicate; (literary) (of a woman) talented
• 娣dìwife of a younger brother

Sounds the same

Read hūn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 昏muddle-headed; twilight; to faint
• 荤strong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc); non-vegetarian food (meat, fish etc); vulgar
• 阍doorkeeper
• 惛confused; forgetful; silly
• 殙to die by taking poison
• 睯gloomy; depressed
• 碈used in place names