HSK 5 · Society

婚姻 hūnyīn “marriage” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 婚姻 means

  1. marriage
  2. matrimony

Measure word 桩 zhuāng or 次 cì · 一桩婚姻 yì zhuāng hūnyīn

How to say 婚姻

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale婚hūn1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale姻yīn1st tone, high and level

婚姻 in a sentence

  1. 有些人害怕婚姻。

    Yǒuxiē rén hàipà hūnyīn.

    Some people are afraid of marriage.

    Sentence #899973 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我的父亲反对我们的婚姻。

    Wǒ de fùqīn fǎnduì wǒmen de hūnyīn.

    My father was against our marriage.

    Sentence #862740 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 祝你们婚姻长长久久、永浴爱河。

    Zhù nǐmen hūnyīn chángcháng jiǔjiǔ, yǒng yù àihé.

    Wishing you a long and happy marriage.

    Sentence #364938 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 婚姻 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 婚 (hūn) with each of its parts in a different colour
婚hūnmarriage; wedding
  • 女woman · nǚMeaning part
  • 昏dusk · hūnSound part

女 hints at the meaning (woman); 昏 (hūn) hints at the sound. Compare it with hūn.

The character 姻 (yīn) with each of its parts in a different colour
姻yīnmarriage connections
  • 女woman · nǚ
  • 因cause · yīn

How to write 婚姻

婚 11 strokes · 姻 9 strokes

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婚姻 (hūnyīn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 婚姻 (hūnyīn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 婚姻

Words with 婚

结婚jiéhūn · get married离婚líhūn · to divorce婚礼hūnlǐ · wedding ceremony

More words: Society & Law

国王guówáng · king和平hépíng · peace华裔Huáyì · ethnic Chinese婚礼hūnlǐ · wedding ceremony集体jítǐ · collective (decision)纪律jìlǜ · discipline军事jūnshì · military affairs雷léi · thunder

FAQs

婚姻 (hūnyīn) means “marriage” or “matrimony”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it hūnyīn: hūn with a 1st tone, then yīn with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 婚姻 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 桩 (zhuāng) or 次 (cì). For example, one marriage is 一桩婚姻 (yì zhuāng hūnyīn).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type hunyin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 婚姻 from the suggestions. Typing hunyin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
婚姻 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.