婚约 meaning in English

hūnyuē

engagement; wedding contract

Traditional 婚約17 strokes

Meaning of 婚约

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

hūnyuē
  1. engagement
  2. wedding contract

婚约 in example sentences

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

他tā们men解jiě除chú了le婚hūn约yuē。
They called off their engagement.
"你nǐ没méi结jié婚hūn吧ba!?" "哦ó,我wǒ们men分fēn手shǒu了le。我wǒ们men解jiě除chú婚hūn约yuē了le。"
"Didn't you get married!?" "Oh, we split up. We broke our engagement."

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

婚 hūn · to get married · 11 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11

约 yuē · to make an appointment · 6 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6

Related words

Words that share a character with 婚约.

结婚jiéhūnto marry; to get married
离婚líhūnto divorce
大约dàyuēapproximately; probably
节约jiéyuēto economize; to conserve (resources)
约会yuēhuìappointment; engagement
婚礼hūnlǐwedding ceremony; wedding
签约qiānyuēto sign a contract or agreement
约束yuēshùto restrict; to limit to
制约zhìyuēto restrict; condition
约定yuēdìngto agree on sth (after discussion); to conclude a bargain
预约yùyuēbooking; reservation
合约héyuēcontract; agreement

Questions about 婚约

What does 婚约 mean?

婚约 (hūnyuē) means "engagement; wedding contract".

How do you write 婚约?

婚约 is made of 2 characters: 婚 (11 strokes), 约 (6 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.

How is 婚约 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 婚约 is written 婚約.