婚姻

hūnyīn

noun HSK 7-9 #1,310

Measure Word

一段婚姻 duàn

Meanings

1 marriage
2 matrimony

Characters

to marry; marriage

marriage; relation by marriage

Examples

婚姻需要双方共同经营。

Hūnyīn xūyào shuāngfāng gòngtóng jīngyíng.

Marriage requires effort from both sides.

他们的婚姻很幸福。

Tāmen de hūnyīn hěn xìngfú.

Their marriage is very happy.

Tips

memory

Both 婚 and 姻 contain the female radical (女). 婚 originally meant 'to marry at dusk' (昏 = dusk). 姻 relates to in-law relationships.

Stroke Order

婚 hūn

姻 yīn