娶 meaning in English

qǔ

to take a wife; to marry (a woman)

HSK 7-9verb11 strokes

Meaning of 娶

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

qǔ
  1. to take a wife
  2. to marry (a woman)

娶 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

他tā娶qǔ了le一yí个gè漂piào亮liàng的de女nǚ孩hái。
He married a pretty girl.
上shàng个gè月yuè,汤tāng姆mǔ娶qǔ了le玛mǎ莉lì。
Tom married Mary last month.
你nǐ认rèn为wéi他tā还hái想xiǎng娶qǔ我wǒ吗ma?
Do you think he still wants to marry me?
Tom告gào诉sù我wǒ他tā们men有yǒu想xiǎng要yào娶qǔ你nǐ的de想xiǎng法fǎ。
Tom told me that he has no intention of marrying you.
他tā聪cōng明míng到dào不bú会huì娶qǔ她tā。
He knows better than to marry her.

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娶 qǔ · to take a wife · 11 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 娶.

迎娶yíngqǔ(of a groom) to fetch one's bride from her parents' home to escort her to the wedding cere

Questions about 娶

What does 娶 mean?

娶 (qǔ) means "to take a wife; to marry (a woman)" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 娶?

娶 is made of 1 character: 娶 (11 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.

Is 娶 an HSK word?

Yes. 娶 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.