Definition
娶 (qǔ) specifically means a man marrying a woman — it takes the woman as the object (娶她, 娶媳妇). This contrasts with 嫁 (jià), which is a woman marrying a man (嫁给他), and with the gender-neutral 结婚 (jiéhūn), which describes the act of getting married without specifying who marries whom.
verb
(of a man) to marry (a woman)to take as wife
Easily confused
- 最zuìlook-alikemost; used to form superlatives
- 去qùsound-aliketo go (to a place)
- 聚jùlook-aliketo gather, to get together; to assemble
- 区qūsound-alikearea, region, district
- 取qǔlook-aliketo get, to take, to fetch
- 曲qǔsound-aliketune, melody, song (composition)
Examples
- 娶，。Tā sānshí suì cái qǔ le qīzi, suàn shì bǐjiào wǎn de.He didn't marry until he was thirty, which is relatively late.
- 娶。Hěn duō nóngcūn qīngnián wèile qǔ xífù yào huā hěn duō qián.Many rural young men have to spend a lot of money to get married.
- 娶。Tā chéngnuò jiānglái yídìng huì qǔ tā.He promised that he would definitely marry her in the future.
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