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订婚

dìng hūn

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 訂婚

订婚 (dìng hūn) means "to get engaged". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 订婚 means

1. to get engaged

The characters in 订婚

• 订dìngto agree; to conclude; to draw up
• 婚hūn(bound form) marriage; wedding; (bound form) to marry

Example sentences

• 我跟她订婚了。
  I am engaged to her.
• 他宣布与她订婚。
  He announced his engagement to her.
• 我为你的订婚祝贺。
  Wǒ wèi nǐ de dìnghūn zhùhè.
  I congratulate you on your engagement.
• 汤姆和露丝订婚了。
  Tom is engaged to Ruth.
• 吉儿和杰克订婚了。
  Jill is engaged to Jack.
• 玛莉与汤姆订婚了。
  Mary is engaged to Tom.

Sounds the same

Read dìng hūn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 定婚variant of 订婚

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