订婚 meaning in English

dìnghūn

to get engaged

HSK 7-9Traditional 訂婚15 strokes

Meaning of 订婚

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

dìnghūn
  1. to get engaged

订婚 in example sentences

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

我wǒ的de儿ér子zi和hé他tā的de秘mì书shū订dìng婚hūn了le。
My son is engaged to his secretary.
玛mǎ莉lì与yǔ汤tāng姆mǔ订dìng婚hūn了le。
Mary is engaged to Tom.
吉jí儿ér和hé杰jié克kè订dìng婚hūn了le。
Jill is engaged to Jack.
汤tāng姆mǔ和hé露lù丝sī订dìng婚hūn了le。
Tom is engaged to Ruth.
他tā宣xuān布bù与yǔ她tā订dìng婚hūn。
He announced his engagement to her.

Stroke order for each character

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

订 dìng · to agree · 4 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

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
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  11. 11

Related words

Words that share a character with 订婚.

结婚jiéhūnto marry; to get married
离婚líhūnto divorce
婚礼hūnlǐwedding ceremony; wedding
预订yùdìngto place an order; to book ahead
制订zhìdìngto work out; to formulate
签订qiāndìngto agree to and sign (a treaty etc)
婚姻hūnyīnmarriage; matrimony
求婚qiúhūnto propose marriage
订单dìngdān(purchase) order
婚纱hūnshāwedding dress
订购dìnggòuto place an order; to subscribe
修订xiūdìngto revise

Questions about 订婚

What does 订婚 mean?

订婚 (dìnghūn) means "to get engaged".

How do you write 订婚?

订婚 is made of 2 characters: 订 (4 strokes), 婚 (11 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.

Is 订婚 an HSK word?

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

How is 订婚 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 订婚 is written 訂婚.