完婚 (wán hūn) — to get married (formal, often of the groom) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

完婚 is a formal verb meaning 'to get married,' almost always used of a man (a groom completing his marriage). It belongs to written or literary register — in daily speech say 结婚 instead.

verb

to get married (formal, often of the groom)

Examples

完婚。
Tā men zhōng yú wán hūn le.
They finally got married.
，。
Tā qù nián wán le hūn, xiàn zài hěn xìng fú.
He got married last year and is now very happy.
。
Tā shì qù nián wán de hūn.
He got married last year.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

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

完wáncomplete

婚hūnmarriage

完 complete and 婚 marriage combine to mean completing marriage.

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.

宀元完

Meaning part形符xíngfú

宀宀miánroof

Sound part声符shēngfú

元

元yuán完wán

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

完 pairs 宀 (roof) with 元, which gives the sound.

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

女昏婚

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

昏

昏hūn婚hūn

Same sound today

婚 uses 女 (woman) for the meaning and 昏 for the sound hūn.

Appears in

Romance & Marriage

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