嫁人 (jià rén) — (of a woman) to get married | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

嫁人 specifically means a woman marrying — i.e., becoming someone's wife. For the general 'to get married' (either spouse), use 结婚.

verb

(of a woman) to get married

Examples

嫁人。
Tā xiǎng zài sān shí suì zhī qián jià rén.
She wants to get married before thirty.
，。
Tā qù nián jià le rén, xiàn zài guò dé hěn xìng fú.
She got married last year and is living happily now.
，。
Tā jià cuò le rén, suǒ yǐ yì zhí bù kāi xīn.
She married the wrong person, so she's been unhappy.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

“嫁” is to marry, and “人” is person, so the word means a woman gets married.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

女家嫁

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

家

家jiā嫁jià

Same sound today

嫁 uses 女 to show it relates to a woman, and 家 to give its sound.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 人 shows a side view of a standing person, with an arm and a leg.

Appears in

Romance & Marriage

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