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已婚 (yǐ hūn) — (formal) married (as marital status)

Definition

Used as an adjective or in set phrases like 已婚状态 (marital status), 已婚人士 (married individuals) — almost always on forms or in formal/official contexts, not in everyday speech.

verb
(formal) married (as marital status)

Examples

  • 已婚。
    Qǐng zài yǐ hūn yì lán dǎ gōu.
    Please check the married column.
  • 已婚“”。
    Tā de yǐ hūn zhuàng tài shì "yǐ hūn".
    His marital status is 'married'.
  • 已婚。
    yǐ hūn Rén shì kě yǐ shēn qǐng pèi ǒu qiān zhèng.
    Married individuals can apply for a spouse visa.

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.

已yǐalready
婚hūnmarriage

It joins 已, meaning already, with 婚, meaning marriage, to mean that someone is married.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 已 may originally have been a drawing of either a snake or a fetus.

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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
女女nǚ
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.

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Appears in
Romance & Marriage

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