交姻

Chinese

Etymology 1

to deliver; to turn over; to make friends
to deliver; to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); to pay (money)
 
marriage connections
trad. (交姻)
simp. #(交姻)

Phono-semantic matching of Malay kahwin (to marry).

Pronunciation

Verb

交姻

  1. alternative form of 交寅 (to marry)

Etymology 2

to deliver; to turn over; to make friends
to deliver; to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); to pay (money)
 
marriage connections
trad. (交姻)
simp. #(交姻)

Pronunciation

Verb

交姻

  1. (American (–1980) Cantonese) to marry
Synonyms

References

  • Lorraine Dong, Marlon K. Hom (1980) “Chinatown Chinese: The San Francisco Dialect”, in Amerasia[1], page 23