婚姻 meaning in English

hūnyīn

marriage; matrimony

HSK 7-9noun20 strokes

Meaning of 婚姻

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

hūnyīn
  1. marriage; matrimony

Measure word: 樁|桩,次

婚姻 in example sentences

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

汤tāng姆mǔ和hé玛mǎ丽lì结jié束shù了le三sān十shí年nián的de婚hūn姻yīn。
Tom and Mary ended 30 years of marriage.
她tā不bù知zhī道dào怎zěn么me面miàn对duì婚hūn姻yīn中zhōng的de不bù幸xìng。
She doesn't know how to face the unhappiness in her marriage.
世shì界jiè上shàng允yǔn许xǔ同tóng性xìng婚hūn姻yīn的de国guó家jiā不bù超chāo过guò20%。
Gay marriage is permitted in less than 20% of countries.
有yǒu些xiē人rén害hài怕pà婚hūn姻yīn。
Marriage frightens some people.
能néng告gào诉sù我wǒ你nǐ的de婚hūn姻yīn状zhuàng况kuàng吗ma?
Can you tell me about your marital status?

Stroke order for each character

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婚 hūn · to get married · 11 strokes

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姻 yīn · relatives by marriage · 9 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 婚姻.

结婚jiéhūnto marry; to get married
离婚líhūnto divorce
婚礼hūnlǐwedding ceremony; wedding
求婚qiúhūnto propose marriage
订婚dìnghūnto get engaged
婚纱hūnshāwedding dress
未婚夫wèihūnfūfiancé
未婚妻wèihūnqīfiancée
已婚yǐhūnmarried
婚前hūnqiánpremarital; prenuptial
婚事hūnshìwedding; marriage
新婚xīnhūnnewly married

Questions about 婚姻

What does 婚姻 mean?

婚姻 (hūnyīn) means "marriage; matrimony" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 婚姻?

婚姻 is made of 2 characters: 婚 (11 strokes), 姻 (9 strokes). That is 20 strokes in total.

Is 婚姻 an HSK word?

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