试婚

試婚
shìhūn
verb

Meanings

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

Examples

Tāmen shìhūn le bànnián cái jiéhūn.
They had a trial marriage for half a year before getting married.
Fùmǔ bùtài 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

shì
hūn