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嫁

jià

HSK 5 Character

What 嫁 means

1. (of a woman) to marry
2. to marry off a daughter
3. to shift (blame etc)

Example sentences

• 嫁给我好吗？
  Will you marry me?
• 她嫁给了他。
  She married him.
• 她一生未嫁。
  She remained unmarried all her life.
• 你愿意嫁给我吗？
  Will you marry me?
• 她嫁给了美国人。
  She is married to an American.
• 听说你要嫁人了。
  I heard you are going to get married.

Words starting with 嫁

• 嫁人jià rén(of a woman) to get married; to take a husband
• 嫁妆jià zhuangdowry
• 嫁接jià jiēto graft (a branch or bud onto a rootstock)
• 嫁女jià nǚto marry off a daughter
• 嫁祸jià huòto impute; to shift the blame onto someone else
• 嫁资jià zīdowry
• 嫁祸于人jià huò yú rénto pass the misfortune on to sb else (idiom); to blame others; to pass the buck
• 嫁鸡随鸡jià jī suí jīIf you marry a chicken, follow the chicken (idiom)…
• 嫁娶jià qǔmarriage
• 嫁鸡随鸡，嫁狗随狗jià jī suí jī , jià gǒu suí gǒuif you marry a chicken follow the chicken, if you marry a dog follow the dog (idiom)
• 嫁装jià zhuangvariant of 嫁妆

Words containing 嫁

• 出嫁chū jiàto get married (of woman)
• 转嫁zhuǎn jiàto remarry (of widow); to pass on (blame, cost, obligation, unpleasant consequence etc)…
• 改嫁gǎi jiàto remarry (of a woman)
• 婚嫁hūn jiàmarriage
• 陪嫁péi jiàdowry
• 再嫁zài jià(of woman) to remarry
• 下嫁xià jià(of a woman) to marry a man of lower social status; to marry down
• 外嫁wài jià(of a woman) to marry a non-local or foreigner
• 恨嫁hèn jià(of a woman) to yearn to get married
• 许嫁xǔ jiàallowed to marry
• 远嫁yuǎn jiàto marry a man who lives in a distant place
• 新嫁娘xīn jià niángbride
• 男婚女嫁nán hūn nǚ jiàto celebrate a wedding
• 皇帝女儿不愁嫁huáng dì nǚ ér bù chóu jiàlit. the emperor's daughter does not worry about whether she will be able to marry…
• 天要下雨，娘要嫁人tiān yào xià yǔ , niáng yào jià rén(lit.) the heavens will rain, and widowed mothers will remarry (saying)…
• 男怕入错行，女怕嫁错郎nán pà rù cuò háng , nǚ pà jià cuò lángmen fear getting into the wrong line of business, women fear marrying the wrong man…

Characters built on 家

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

• 稼jiàto sow grain; (farm) crop
• 镓jiāgallium (chemistry)

Characters that look like 嫁

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

• 赖làito depend on; to hang on in a place; bad
• 缤bīnused in 缤纷
• 棘jíthorns
• 椎zhuī(bound form) vertebra
• 瘩daused in 疙瘩
• 焯chāoto blanch; to parboil

Sounds the same

Read jià, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 价price; value; (chemistry) valence
• 架to support; frame; rack
• 驾to harness; to draw (a cart etc); to drive
• 稼to sow grain; (farm) crop
• 假vacation
• 幏cloth (archaic), esp. of southern ethnic groups