Sentence #2386312 from Tatoeba · translation adapted
How 结婚 is built
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结jiéknot
纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
吉lucky · jíSound part
纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 吉 (jí) hints at the sound. Compare it with jié.
Memory aidSilk 纟 tied into a knot. 吉 (jí) gives the sound: to tie, a knot.
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.
How to write 结婚
结 9 strokes · 婚 11 strokes
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Stroke order chart for 结婚 (jiéhūn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
结婚 (jiéhūn) means “get married” or “to marry”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it jiéhūn: jié with a 2nd tone, then hūn with a 1st 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, 结婚 is written 結婚. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiehun with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 结婚 from the suggestions. Typing jiehun into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
结婚 is an HSK 3 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.
结jié2nd tone, rising
婚hūn1st tone, high and level
