出嫁

chūjià
verb #23,673

Meanings

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

Examples

Tā chūjià nà tiān, fùmǔ dōu liúxià le yǎnlèi.
On the day she got married, her parents both shed tears.
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' () to enter the husband's family (). The male counterpart is or . 出嫁 is somewhat formal or literary; in everyday speech 结婚 is more common.

Stroke Order

chū
jià