复婚 (fù hūn) — to remarry (one's former spouse) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

复婚 means two divorced people marry each other again — NOT marrying someone new. Pair with 离婚 (to divorce) to capture the cycle.

verb

to remarry (one's former spouse)

Examples

复婚。
Tā men lí hūn sān nián hòu yòu fù hūn le.
They remarried three years after divorcing.
。
Wǒ tīng shuō tā men fù guò yí cì hūn.
I heard they remarried once.
。
Fù hūn hòu tā men de guān xì bǐ yǐ qián hǎo le hěn duō.
After remarrying, their relationship improved a lot compared to before.

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hūnmarriage

Again and marriage combine to mean marrying again.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 復; 复 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 复 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (复习, 恢复) it is 復; in others (复印, 复杂) (答复, 反复) it is 複 or 覆.

彳复復

Meaning part形符xíngfú

彳彳chìwalk

Sound part声符shēngfú

复

复fù復fù

Same sound today

The traditional form 復 combines 彳, a walking part, with 复, a sound part, to show walking back and forth.

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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