HSK 5 · Family

嫁 jià “(of a woman) to marry” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 嫁 means

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

How to say 嫁

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale嫁jià4th tone, falling

嫁 in a sentence

  1. 你是我想嫁的那种人。

    Nǐ shì wǒ xiǎng jià de nà zhǒng rén.

    You’re the kind of person I’d like to marry.

    Sentence #9958553 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 你愿意嫁给我吗？

    Nǐ yuànyì jià gěi wǒ ma?

    Will you marry me?

    Sentence #464846 from Tatoeba

  3. 我妹妹嫁给了一个医生。

    Wǒ mèimei jià gěi le yí ge yīshēng.

    My sister married a doctor.

    Sentence #333186 from Tatoeba

How 嫁 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 嫁 (jià) with each of its parts in a different colour
嫁jiàto marry
  • 女woman · nǚMeaning part
  • 家house · jiāSound part

女 hints at the meaning (woman); 家 (jiā) hints at the sound. Compare it with jià.

How to write 嫁

嫁 13 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 嫁

More words: People, Body & Health

交往jiāowǎng · to associate with家庭jiātíng · family家务jiāwù · household duties嘉宾jiābīn · esteemed guest舅舅jiùjiu · mother’s brother老百姓lǎobǎixìng · ordinary people姥姥lǎolao · grandma (mother’s mother)老婆lǎopo · wife (informal)

FAQs

嫁 (jià) means “(of a woman) to marry” or “to marry off a daughter”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it jià: jià with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 嫁 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jia with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 嫁 from the suggestions. Typing jia into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
嫁 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.