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婚姻

hūn yīn

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Measure word 桩、次

婚姻 (hūn yīn) means "marriage". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 婚姻 means

1. marriage; matrimony

The characters in 婚姻

• 婚hūn(bound form) marriage; wedding; (bound form) to marry
• 姻yīnmarriage connections

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 婚姻

• 婚姻法hūn yīn fǎmarriage law
• 婚姻调解hūn yīn tiáo jiěmarriage counseling
• 婚姻介绍所hūn yīn jiè shào suǒmarriage agency

Words containing 婚姻

• 事实婚姻shì shí hūn yīnde facto marriage; common-law marriage
• 包办婚姻bāo bàn hūn yīnforced marriage; arranged marriage (without the consent of the individuals)

Where 婚姻 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Travel, Events & Social Venues (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read hūn yīn correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.