討親

Chinese

		ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand; to marry	dear; intimate; parent dear; intimate; parent; relation; closely related; parents-in-law of one's offspring
trad. (討親)		討	親
simp. (讨亲)		讨	亲

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thó-chhîn
• Eastern Min (BUC): tō̤-chĭng

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thó-chhîn
    • Hakka Romanization System: to` qin´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: to³ qin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰo³¹ t͡sʰin²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: tō̤-chĭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰo³³⁻²¹ ^(t͡sʰ-)ʒiŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

討親

1. (Pingxiang Gan, Taiwanese Hakka, Huizhou, Eastern Min, dialectal Wu, dialectal Xiang) to take a wife

Synonyms

• 作對／作对 (zuòduì, “to pair off in marriage”)
• 匹偶 (pǐ'ǒu) (literary)
• 匹配 (pǐpèi)
• 娶 (of a man)
• 婚嫁 (hūnjià)
• 婚配 (hūnpèi)
• 嫁 (jià) (of a woman)
• 嫁娶 (jiàqǔ)
• 安家 (ānjiā) (figurative)
• 完婚 (wánhūn)
• 完成 (wánchéng) (literary)
• 成婚 (chénghūn)
• 成家 (chéngjiā) (of a man)
• 成親／成亲 (chéngqīn)
• 桃夭 (táoyāo) (literary)
• 𤆬 (“to take a wife”) (Hokkien, Teochew, Leizhou Min)
• 𤆬新娘 (“to take a wife”) (Min Nan)
• 𤆬新婦／𤆬新妇 (“to take a wife”)
• 結合／结合 (jiéhé)
• 結婚／结婚 (jiéhūn)
• 聯結／联结 (liánjié)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 結婚 (“to get married; to marry”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		桃夭
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		結婚, 娶親 †, 娶妻 †
Mandarin	Taiwan	結婚
	Harbin	結婚, 娶親 †, 娶媳婦兒 †
	Jinan	成親, 結婚, 娶媳婦 †, 娶親 †
	Luoyang	娶媳婦兒 †, 成家 †
	Wanrong	結婚
	Xi'an	結婚, 成親, 娶媳婦兒 †, 成家 †
	Yinchuan	娶親 †
	Xining	娶媳婦 †, 娶親 †
	Ürümqi	結婚, 娶親 †
	Chengdu	成親, 結婚, 娶親 †, 接婆娘 †, 接媳婦兒 †
	Guiyang	成親, 結婚
	Liuzhou	結婚, 成親
	Xuzhou	成親, 辦喜事兒, 娶親 †
	Yangzhou	成親, 娶老婆 †, 成家 †
	Nanjing	娶親 †, 娶媳婦 †
	Malaysia	結婚
	Singapore	結婚
Cantonese	Hong Kong	結婚, 拉埋天窗
	Dongguan	結婚
Gan	Nanchang	結婚, 娶親 †, 成家 †
	Lichuan	成親
	Pingxiang	結婚, 討娘婆 †, 討親 †
Hakka	Meixian	結婚
	Yudu	成親, 成家 †, 討親 †
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	結婚, 成親, 結公婆, 討親 †
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	結婚, 成親, 結公婆, 討親 †
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	結婚, 成親, 結公婆, 討親 †
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	結婚, 成親, 結公姐, 討親 †
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	結婚, 成親, 結公姐, 討親 †
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	結婚, 成親, 結公姐, 渡親 †
Huizhou	Jixi	結婚, 討親 †
Jin	Taiyuan	成親, 結婚, 娶媳婦子 †, 成家 †
	Xinzhou	娶親 †, 娶媳婦兒 †
Northern Min	Jian'ou	娶親 †, 討老媽 †
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	結婚, 討親 †
Southern Min	Xiamen	交寅, 𤆬某 †, 成家 †
	Quanzhou	𤆬某 †, 成家 †
	Zhangzhou	做大人, 𤆬某 †, 成家 †
	Taipei	𤆬某 †
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	𤆬某 †
	Kaohsiung	𤆬某 †, 建治家後 †
	Yilan	𤆬某 †, 建治家後 †
	Changhua (Lukang)	𤆬某 †
	Taichung	𤆬某 †
	Tainan	𤆬某 †
	Hsinchu	𤆬某 †
	Kinmen	𤆬某 †
	Penghu (Magong)	𤆬某 †
	Penang (Hokkien)	交寅
	Singapore (Hokkien)	交寅
	Manila (Hokkien)	牽手, 結婚, 𤆬某 †
	Singapore (Teochew)	交寅
	Haikou	結婚
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	結婚, 成親
Wu	Shanghai	結婚, 成家 †
	Suzhou	娶親 †
	Danyang	成親
	Hangzhou	結婚, 討親 †
	Wenzhou	成親
	Jinhua	結婚, 討親 †
Xiang	Changsha	結婚
	Loudi	討親 †, 討堂客 †
Note	† - of a man; ‡ - of a woman