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

他在报纸上登了征婚启事。

Tā zài bàozhǐ shàng dēngle zhēnghūn qǐshì.

He placed a personals ad in the newspaper.

现在很多人通过网站征婚。

Xiànzài hěn duō rén tōngguò wǎngzhàn zhēnghūn.

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

Tips

culture

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

Stroke Order

征 zhēng

婚 hūn