婚

Mandarin · pinyin hūn

Meanings

  1. (bound form) marriage; wedding
  2. (bound form) to marry
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婚
hūn · get married; marriage, wedding
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  1. to marry; to get married
  2. wedding; marriage (Classifier: 樁/桩 m)
  3. (obsolete) relative by marriage; kin by marriage; in-law
  4. (obsolete) father of one's wife; father-in-law
  5. (historical dictionaries only) family of one's wife

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