娶親

See also: 娶亲

Chinese

		take a wife	dear; intimate; parent dear; intimate; parent; relation; closely related; parents-in-law of one's offspring
trad. (娶親)		娶	親
simp. (娶亲)		娶	亲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): qǔqīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩˇ ㄑㄧㄣ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): qu³ qin¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi² can¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhú-chhin / chhí-chhin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǔqīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩˇ ㄑㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyǔcin
    • Wade–Giles: chʻü³-chʻin¹
    • Yale: chyǔ-chīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheuchin
    • Palladius: цюйцинь (cjujcinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: qu³ qin¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: kykin
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy⁵³ t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceoi² can¹
    • Yale: chéui chān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey² tsan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêu² cen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵy̯³⁵ t͡sʰɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhú-chhin
    • Tâi-lô: tshú-tshin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhwchyn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰin³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhí-chhin
    • Tâi-lô: tshí-tshin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chychyn
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰin⁴⁴/

Verb

娶親

1. 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)