HSK 5 · Society

婚礼 hūnlǐ “wedding ceremony” in Chinese

Traditional 婚禮

What 婚礼 means

  1. wedding ceremony
  2. wedding

Measure word 场 chǎng · 一场婚礼 yì chǎng hūnlǐ

How to say 婚礼

  • 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 third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale礼lǐ3rd tone, dipping

婚礼 in a sentence

  1. 婚礼在哪儿举行？

    Hūnlǐ zài nǎr jǔxíng?

    Where is the wedding being held?

    Sentence #811017 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我们还从来没参加过中国人的婚礼呢。

    Wǒmen hái cónglái méi cānjiā guo Zhōngguórén de hūnlǐ ne.

    We’ve never been to a Chinese wedding before.

    Sentence #397895 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 你能在我们的婚礼上唱歌就太好了。

    Nǐ néng zài wǒmen de hūnlǐ shàng chànggē jiù tài hǎo le.

    It would be wonderful if you could sing at our wedding.

    Sentence #5965714 from Tatoeba

How 婚礼 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 礼 (lǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
礼lǐgift
  • 礻sign form of 示 · shìMeaning part
  • 乚second (cyclical) form of 乙 · yǐSound part

礻 hints at the meaning (sign); 乚 (yǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with lǐ.

How to write 婚礼

婚 11 strokes · 礼 5 strokes

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

Words related to 婚礼

Words with 婚

结婚jiéhūn · get married离婚líhūn · to divorce婚姻hūnyīn · marriage

Words with 礼

礼物lǐwù · gift礼貌lǐmào · courtesy礼拜天Lǐbàitiān · Sunday敬礼jìnglǐ · to salute典礼diǎnlǐ · ceremony礼节lǐjié · etiquette礼尚往来lǐshàngwǎnglái · courtesy calls for reciprocity

More words: Society & Law

规则guīzé · rule国王guówáng · king和平hépíng · peace华裔Huáyì · ethnic Chinese婚姻hūnyīn · marriage集体jítǐ · collective (decision)纪律jìlǜ · discipline军事jūnshì · military affairs

FAQs

婚礼 (hūnlǐ) means “wedding ceremony” or “wedding”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it hūnlǐ: hūn with a 1st tone, then lǐ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 婚礼 is written 婚禮. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 场 (chǎng). For example, one wedding ceremony is 一场婚礼 (yì chǎng hūnlǐ).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type hunli with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 婚礼 from the suggestions. Typing hunli into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
婚礼 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.