交寅

交寅

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (交寅)		交	寅
variant forms		交姻

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay kahwin (“to marry”).

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): kau-în / kau-êng

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Singapore, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kau-în
    • Tâi-lô: kau-în
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kau'iin
    • IPA (Penang): /kaʊ³³⁻²¹ in²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Singapore): /kaʊ⁴⁴⁻²² in²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kau-êng
    • Tâi-lô: kau-îng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kau'eeng
    • IPA (Penang): /kaʊ³³⁻²¹ eŋ²³/

Verb

交寅

1. (Xiamen, Singapore, Malaysia Hokkien) to get married; to marry

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 交寅

做大人 (Min Nan) 娶 (qǔ) (of a man) 娶新娘 (Min Nan, to take a wife) 娶新婦／娶新妇 (Min Nan, to take a wife) 娶某 (Min Nan, to take a wife) 娶親／娶亲 (qǔqīn) (to take a wife) 嫁 (jià) (of a woman)

完婚 (wánhūn) 完成 (wánchéng) (literary) 成婚 (chénghūn) 成親／成亲 (chéngqīn) 牽手 (Min Nan) 結婚／结婚 (jiéhūn)