晚婚

wǎnhūn

verb

Meanings

1 to marry late
2 late marriage

Characters

Examples

HSK 4

现在大城市年轻人普遍晚婚。

Xiànzài dàchéngshì niánqīngrén pǔbiàn wǎnhūn.

Young people in big cities generally marry late now.

HSK 4

晚婚的原因很多，经济压力是其中之一。

Wǎnhūn de yuányīn hěnduō, jīngjì yālì shì qízhōng zhīyī.

Late marriage has many causes; financial pressure is one of them.

HSK 7-9

我想晚婚晚育。

Wǒ xiǎng wǎnhūn wǎnyù.

I want to marry and have children late.

Tips

history

晚婚晚育 was a state slogan during the one-child policy era, encouraging late marriage and late childbirth. Today it describes a demographic reality driving falling birth rates, and the state now promotes the opposite.

Stroke Order

晚 wǎn

婚 hūn