HSK 5 · Family

离婚 líhūn “to divorce” in Chinese

Traditional 離婚

What 离婚 means

  1. to divorce

How to say 离婚

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale离lí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale婚hūn1st tone, high and level

离婚 in a sentence

  1. 很遗憾他们离婚了。

    Hěn yíhàn tāmen líhūn le.

    It’s a pity they got divorced.

    Sentence #812381 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 她打算离婚。

    Tā dǎsuàn líhūn.

    She intends to get divorced.

    Sentence #10002087 from Tatoeba

  3. 你朋友离婚了吗？

    Nǐ péngyou líhūn le ma?

    Did your friend get divorced?

    Sentence #3378189 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 离婚 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 离 (lí) with each of its parts in a different colour
离líto leave
  • 亠lid · tóu
  • 凶culprit · xiōng
  • 禸track · róu
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.

How to write 离婚

离 10 strokes · 婚 11 strokes

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

Words related to 离婚

Words with 离

离lí · away from离开líkāi · leave距离jùlí · distance隔离gélí · to isolate脱离tuōlí · to break away from

Words with 婚

结婚jiéhūn · get married婚礼hūnlǐ · wedding ceremony婚姻hūnyīn · marriage

More words: People, Body & Health

舅舅jiùjiu · mother’s brother老百姓lǎobǎixìng · ordinary people姥姥lǎolao · grandma (mother’s mother)老婆lǎopo · wife (informal)恋爱liàn'ài · romantic love女士nǚshì · lady青春qīngchūn · youth青少年qīngshàonián · adolescent

FAQs

离婚 (líhūn) means “to divorce”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it líhūn: lí 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, 离婚 is written 離婚. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type lihun with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 离婚 from the suggestions. Typing lihun into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
离婚 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.