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试婚

試婚
shìhūn
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 trial marriage
  2. 2 to cohabit before deciding whether to marry

Characters

试
shì
to try; test
婚
hūn
marriage

Examples

他们试婚了半年才结婚。
Tāmen shìhūn le bànnián cái jiéhūn.
They had a trial marriage for half a year before getting married.
父母不太支持试婚。
Fùmǔ bù tài zhīchí shìhūn.
Their parents didn't really support the trial marriage.

Tips

usage
Broader than simple cohabitation (同居): implies the couple is treating the arrangement as a formal test of compatibility before registering. Still controversial in traditional families.

Stroke Order

试 shì
婚 hūn

Related Words

求婚 qiúhūn HSK 7 #2,944
to propose (marriage) / marriage proposal
婚 hūn #2,144
marriage; wedding / to marry
试验 shìyàn HSK 3 #2,719
experiment; test; trial / to experiment; to test
婚前 hūnqián #7,584
premarital; before marriage / prenuptial
晚婚 wǎnhūn
to marry late / late marriage
形婚 xínghūn
sham marriage (esp. between a gay man and a lesbian to appease family) / marriage of appearance
试演 shìyǎn #8,135
to audition / to give a trial performance / to do a test run (of a show)
试错 shìcuò
to try and err / trial and error / to experiment
试行 shìxíng HSK 7 #52,137
to try out; to test; to implement on a trial basis
早婚 zǎohūn #57,761
to marry early / early marriage
试婚 shìhūn
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