征婚

徵婚

zhēnghūn

verb #39,493

Meanings

1 to advertise for a marriage partner
2 to seek a spouse through a personal ad

Characters

Examples

HSK 2

现在很多人通过网站征婚。

Xiànzài hěnduō rén tōngguò wǎngzhàn zhēnghūn.

These days a lot of people seek partners through dating sites.

HSK 5

他在报纸上登了征婚启事。

Tā zài bàozhǐ shàng dēng le zhēnghūn qǐshì.

He placed a personals ad in the newspaper.

Tips

culture

Frequently appears in the fixed phrase 征婚启事 ('personals ad'). The character 征 here means 'to seek out, recruit' - same as in 征兵 ('conscript soldiers').

Stroke Order

征 zhēng

婚 hūn