再婚 (zài hūn) — to remarry | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

verb

to remarry

Examples

再婚。
Tā lí hūn hòu hěn kuài jiù zài hūn le.
He remarried soon after his divorce.
，。
Tā jué dìng bú zài hūn, zhuān xīn zhào gù hái zi.
She decided not to remarry and focus on raising her child.
再婚。
Hěn duō lǎo nián rén yě huì xuǎn zé zài hūn.
Many elderly people also choose to remarry.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

婚hūnmarry/marriage

再 means again, and 婚 means marry/marriage; together they mean to marry again.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

魚魚yúfish
二二èrtwo

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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