世纪佳缘

世紀佳緣

Shìjìjiāyuán

popculture

Meanings

1 Jiayuan.com (Chinese marriage-oriented dating site, founded 2003 by Gong Haiyan)

Characters

century / record

fine / excellent

fate / affinity

Examples

世纪佳缘是中国最早的婚恋网站之一。

Shìjì Jiāyuán shì Zhōngguó zuì zǎo de hūnliàn wǎngzhàn zhī yī.

Jiayuan.com is one of China's earliest matchmaking websites.

他们是在世纪佳缘上认识的。

Tāmen shì zài Shìjì Jiāyuán shàng rènshí de.

They met on Jiayuan.com.

Tips

culture

Founded 2003 by Fudan postgrad 龚海燕 (Gong Haiyan) after she struggled to find a partner online; listed on NASDAQ 2011, taken private 2015, then merged with 百合网 in 2017 under Baihe-Jiayuan Group. Name literally = 'century / fated good match' (佳缘 = 'fine fated bond').

Stroke Order

世 shì

纪 jì

佳 jiā

缘 yuán