订婚

訂婚

dìnghūn

verb HSK 7-9 #2,997

Meanings

1 to get engaged
2 to be betrothed

Characters

to agree; to fix; to book

marriage; wedding

To fix/agree upon a marriage.

Examples

他们去年订婚了。

Tāmen qùnián dìnghūn le.

They got engaged last year.

订婚以后，他们开始准备婚礼。

Dìnghūn yǐhòu, tāmen kāishǐ zhǔnbèi hūnlǐ.

After getting engaged, they started preparing the wedding.

Tips

usage

订婚 is the act of getting engaged. The engagement ring is 订婚戒指 (dìnghūn jièzhi). Compare with 结婚 (jiéhūn, to get married).

Stroke Order

订 dìng

婚 hūn