结婚期

結婚期

jiéhūnqī

noun

Measure Word

一段结婚期 duàn

Meanings

1 marrying age
2 the marriage stage (of a relationship)

Characters

Examples

他们已经到了结婚期。

Tāmen yǐjīng dào le jiéhūnqī.

They've reached the marriage stage.

结婚期的压力来自双方父母。

Jiéhūnqī de yālì láizì shuāngfāng fùmǔ.

The pressure of the marriage stage comes from both sets of parents.

Tips

usage

Two overlapping senses: 'marriageable age' (someone who's 到了结婚期) and 'the stage when a dating relationship moves toward marriage.' Context disambiguates.

Stroke Order

结 jié

婚 hūn

期 qī