婚姻

Chinese

		to marry; marriage; wedding to marry; marriage; wedding; to take a wife	marriage connections
trad. (婚姻)		婚	姻
simp. ^#(婚姻)		婚	姻

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hūnyīn

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄣㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fan¹ jan¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): fûn-yîn

(Hailu, HRS): fun^ˋ rhim^ˋ
Eastern Min (BUC): huŏng-ĭng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hong¹ ing¹ / huong¹ ing¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hun-in / hun-ian

(Teochew, Peng'im): hung¹ ing¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹huen-in

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hūnyīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄣㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hunyin
  - Wade–Giles: hun¹-yin¹
  - Yale: hwūn-yīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huenin
  - Palladius: хуньинь (xunʹinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ən⁵⁵ in⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fan¹ jan¹
  - Yale: fān yān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fan¹ jan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fen¹ yen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn⁵⁵ jɐn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fûn-yîn
  - Hakka Romanization System: fun^ˊ in^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fun¹ yin¹
  - Sinological IPA: /fun²⁴⁻¹¹ in²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fûn-yîn
  - Hakka Romanization System: fun^ˊ (r)in^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fun¹ yin¹
  - Sinological IPA: /fun²⁴⁻¹¹ (j)in²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: fun^ˋ rhim^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /fun⁵³ ʒim⁵³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: huŏng-ĭng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huoŋ⁵⁵ ^(Ø-)ŋiŋ⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hong¹ ing¹ [Phonetic: hong⁵ nging¹]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: heong-ing
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔŋ⁵³³⁻¹¹ ^(Ø-)ŋiŋ⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: huong¹ ing¹ [Phonetic: huong⁵ nging¹]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huoŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ^(Ø-)ŋiŋ⁵⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hun-in
  - Tâi-lô: hun-in
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hun'yn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hun³³ in³³/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hun⁴⁴⁻³³ in⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hun⁴⁴⁻²² in⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hun-ian
  - Tâi-lô: hun-ian
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hun'iefn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hun³³ iɛn³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hung¹ ing¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hung ing
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huŋ³³⁻²³ iŋ³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹huen-in
  - MiniDict: huen^平 in
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹hun-in
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /huən⁵⁵ in²¹/

Noun

婚姻

marriage; matrimony (Classifier: 樁／桩 m; 次 m)
婚姻自由 ― hūnyīn zìyóu ― freedom of marriage

涉外婚姻 ― shèwài hūnyīn ― marriage with a foreigner; transnational marriage

婚姻破裂 ― hūnyīn pòliè ― breakdown of marriage

婚姻制度 ― hūnyīn zhìdù ― institution of marriage

美滿婚姻／美满婚姻 ― měimǎn hūnyīn ― happy marriage

第一次婚姻 ― dìyī cì hūnyīn ― first marriage

步入婚姻殿堂 ― bùrù hūnyīn diàntáng ― to walk down the aisle; to become married

他的婚姻瓦解了。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
Tā de hūnyīn wǎjiě le. [Pinyin]
His marriage fell apart.

婚姻是愛情的墳墓。 [MSC, trad.]
婚姻是爱情的坟墓。 [MSC, simp.]
Hūnyīn shì àiqíng de fénmù. [Pinyin]
Marriage is the tomb of love. (saying)