离婚

離婚

líhūn

verb HSK 3 #1,462

Meanings

1 to divorce
2 to get divorced

Characters

to leave; to separate

Examples

HSK 1

他们离婚了。

Tāmen líhūn le.

They got divorced.

HSK 3

离婚手续很复杂。

Líhūn shǒuxù hěn fùzá.

Divorce procedures are complicated.

HSK 4

她决定和丈夫离婚。

Tā juédìng hé zhàngfu líhūn.

She decided to divorce her husband.

Tips

culture

China introduced a mandatory 30-day "cooling off" period (冷静期) for divorce in 2021, requiring couples to wait before finalizing.

Stroke Order

离 lí

婚 hūn