出嫁

chūjià

verb #23,673

Meanings

1 to get married (of a woman)
2 to marry out

Characters

to go out / to leave

to marry (of a woman) / to give in marriage

Examples

HSK 4

她出嫁那天，父母都流下了眼泪。

Tā chūjià nàtiān, fùmǔ dōu liúxià le yǎnlèi.

On the day she got married, her parents both shed tears.

HSK 7-9

古代女子出嫁后便以夫家为家。

Gǔdài nǚzǐ chūjià hòu biàn yǐ fūjiā wéi jiā.

In ancient times, a woman would take her husband's home as her own after marriage.

Tips

usage

出嫁 is used specifically for women - the idea of 'leaving home' (出) to enter the husband's family (嫁). The male counterpart is 娶亲 or 成亲. 出嫁 is somewhat formal or literary; in everyday speech 结婚 is more common.

Stroke Order

出 chū

嫁 jià