婚期 (hūn qī) — wedding day | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

wedding day

Examples

婚期。
Tā men de hūn qī dìng zài xià ge yuè.
Their wedding day is set for next month.
婚期，。
Wèi le hūn qī, tā men zhǔn bèi le hěn duō.
They prepared a lot for the wedding day.
婚期，。
hūn qī Nà tiān, tiān qì fēi cháng hǎo.
The weather was very good on the wedding day.

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

婚 means marriage or wedding, and 期 means date or period; together they name the appointed wedding day.

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.

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

其

其qí期qī

Same sound today

The original form paired 其 for its sound with 日 (sun). A related form changed that sun to 月, and this later developed into 期.

Appears in

Romance & Marriage

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