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婚: marriage

 

婚 hūn


: to marry; to take a wife
: marriage; wedding

Kun Reading

婚 | よばい yobai

noun | suru verb
: ancient practice of creeping at night into a woman’s bedroom (lit: night crawling); stealing into a girl’s bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit

縁組 | えんぐみ engumi

noun | suru verb
: betrothal; wedding; marriage; alliance

On Reading

コン kon

 Usage:

婚姻 hun1yin1: matrimony; wedding; marriage
[こんいん konin: marriage; matrimony]
婚禮[礼] hun1li3: wedding ceremony; wedding
[婚礼 | こんれい konrei: marriage ceremony; wedding]
婚檢[检] hun1jian3: marriage inspection
婚事 hun1shi4: wedding; marriage
婚介 hun1jie4: matchmaking; abbr. for 婚姻介绍
結[结]婚 jie2hun1: to marry; to get married
[結婚 | けっこん kekkon: marriage]
離[离]婚 li2hun1: to divorce; divorced from (one’s spouse)
[離婚 | りこん rikon: divorce]
訂[订[婚 ding4hun1: to get engaged
未婚 wei4hun1: unmarried
[未婚 | みこん mikon: unmarried]

未婚夫 wei4hun1 fu1: fiancé
未婚妻 wei4hun1 qi1: fiancée
 
[許嫁 | きょか kyoka OR 許婚 | きょこん kyokon OR いいなずけ iinazuke: fiance; fiancee

求婚 qiu2hun1: to propose marriage
[求婚 | きゅうこん kyuukon: marriage proposal; courtship]



Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語 | idiom
熟年離婚 | じゅくねんりこん jukunen rikon
: (yoji) divorce of a couple who have been married for a long time (often brought on by retirement of the husband)

おめでた婚 | おめでたこん omedeta kon
: (colloquialism) shotgun wedding (euphemistic)

出来ちゃった結婚 OR できちゃった結婚 | できちゃったけっこん dekichatta kekkon
: marriage due to unintended pregnancy; shotgun wedding



Chinese common word | expression | idiom
因孕而婚 yin1 yun4 er2 hun1
: shotgun wedding

閃電式結婚 [闪电式结婚] shan3 dian4 shi4 jie2 hun1
: lightning wedding; to get married on the spur of the moment; abbr. to 閃婚|闪婚

少女露笑臉,婚事半成全 [少女露笑脸,婚事半成全] shao4 nu:3 lu4 xiao4 lian3 , hun1 shi4 ban4 cheng2 quan2
: When the girl smiles, the matchmaker’s job is half done

寧拆十座廟,不毀一樁婚 [宁拆十座庙,不毁一桩婚] ning2 chai1 shi2 zuo4 miao4 , bu4 hui4 yi1 zhuang1 hun1
: rather destroy ten temples than a single marriage

 Etymology:
形声 Pictophonetic.
女 (nü3: woman; feminine radical 38) suggests the meaning while
(hun1: dusk) provides the sound.



 Examples:

わたしはせんげつけっこんしきをあげました watashi wa sengetsu kekkon shiki o agemashita
私は先月結婚式を挙げました。
I held a wedding ceremony last month.

 

她和一個有錢人訂了婚。
ta1 he2 yi1ge4 you3qian2 ren2 ding4 le hun1
She is engaged to a rich man.

 Music:

小婚禮 Marry me – VanNess Wu 吴建豪

作詞:陳信延
作曲:梁永泰 (Terrytyelee)、吳建豪
編曲:梁永泰 (Terrytyelee)

Marry me, marry me, marry me, girl
Marry me, marry me, marry me, girl
Marry me, marry me, marry me, girl
I love you

空氣如浸泡過蜂蜜
耳邊有浪漫協奏曲
陽光在親吻著大地
草坪在享受日光浴
淑女跟紳士都光臨
今天是我們的小婚禮

妳穿上婚紗 緩緩走向我這裡
看妳微笑 我的淚
突然 開始決堤

So marry me, marry me, marry me, girl
終於愛到妳說我願意
Just marry me, marry me, marry me, girl
我愛妳

從今以後 我的手牽妳的手
從今以後 這地球一起旅遊
從今以後 有妳陪我
我就不用 不用寂寞

謝謝今天這個小小的婚禮
小小的婚禮
小小的婚禮
Marry me

牽妳最溫暖的掌心
聽著最動聽的應許
想起曾說過要娶妳
那是多久前的事情
昨天曾幻想的夢境
今天變我們的小婚禮

妳穿上婚紗 緩緩走向我這裡
看妳微笑 我的淚
突然 開始決堤

So marry me, marry me, marry me, girl
終於愛到妳說我願意
Just marry me, marry me, marry me, girl
我愛妳

從今以後 我的夢是妳的夢
從今以後 有煩惱一起享受
從今以後 好好愛妳
是我活著幸福理由

想與妳看著電視 看到睡著
想與妳看著夕陽 慢慢變老
未來快要來了 我們已準備擁抱

So marry me, marry me, marry me, girl
終於愛到妳說我願意
Just marry me, marry me, marry me, girl
我愛妳

Will you marry me?

So marry me, marry me, marry me, girl
終於愛到妳說我願意
Just marry me, marry me, marry me, girl
我愛妳

從今以後 我的手牽妳的手
從今以後 這地球一起旅遊
從今以後 有妳陪我
我就不用 不用寂寞

Marry me, marry me, marry me, girl
Marry me, marry me, marry me, girl
Marry me, marry me, marry me, girl
I love you

credit: VanNess Wu 吴建豪

Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary