早婚 (zǎohūn): to marry early

Meanings

1 to marry early
2 early marriage

Characters

早

Examples

她觉得早婚不适合自己。

Tā juéde zǎohūn bù shìhé zìjǐ.

She feels marrying early isn't right for her.

农村地区早婚现象仍然存在。

Nóngcūn dìqū zǎohūn xiànxiàng réngrán cúnzài.

Early marriage still happens in rural areas.

Tips

usage

'Early' is relative to the Chinese legal minimum marriage age (22 for men, 20 for women) and to social norms. Antonym: 晚婚 (late marriage). Related: 早恋 (early-age romance, usually referring to school-age dating).

Stroke Order

早 zǎo

婚 hūn

Related Words

早期 zǎoqī HSK 5 #6,707

early period; early stage / early phase

早早 zǎozǎo #13,704

as early as possible / early on / bright and early

早发白帝城 zǎofābáidìchéng

Setting Out Early from Baidi City / (title of a famous Tang poem by Li Bai about a dawn departure down the Yangtze) / (lit.) early — set out — Baidi — city

早期诊断 zǎoqīzhěnduàn

early diagnosis / early detection

早孕 zǎoyùn

early pregnancy / early stage of pregnancy / teenage pregnancy

早睡早起 zǎoshuìzǎoqǐ

early to bed, early to rise / to keep good sleep hours

一早 yīzǎo HSK 7 #5,438

early in the morning / long ago; early on

求婚 qiúhūn HSK 7 #2,944

to propose (marriage) / marriage proposal

早起 zǎoqǐ #9,448

to get up early / to rise early

婚 hūn #2,144

marriage; wedding / to marry