定婚

dìnghūn

verb #37,097

Meanings

1 to become engaged
2 to be betrothed (variant of 订婚)

Characters

Examples

他们去年定婚，今年结婚。

Tāmen qùnián dìnghūn, jīnnián jiéhūn.

They got engaged last year and married this year.

她已经和男朋友定婚了。

Tā yǐjīng hé nán péngyou dìnghūn le.

She is already engaged to her boyfriend.

Tips

mistakes

定婚 is a variant form of 订婚 (dìnghūn) — same meaning and pronunciation. Modern publishing strongly prefers 订婚; 定婚 is more common in older texts and some regional usage. When in doubt, use 订婚.

Stroke Order

定 dìng

婚 hūn