結婚

結婚

See also: 结婚

Chinese

		to tie; to bind	to marry; marriage; wedding to marry; marriage; wedding; to take a wife
trad. (結婚)		結	婚
simp. (结婚)		结	婚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): jiéhūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄏㄨㄣ

  (Chengdu, SP): jie² hun¹

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): җехун (ži͡əhun, I-I)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): git³ fan¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): get² fun¹

• Gan (Wiktionary): jiet⁶ fiin¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kiet-fûn / kiat-fûn

  (Meixian, Guangdong): giad⁵ fun¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): jieh⁴ hung¹
• Min Dong (BUC): giék-huŏng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): kiat-hun

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gag⁴ hung¹

• Wu (Wiktionary): jiq hun (T4)
• Xiang (Wiktionary): jie⁶ fen¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiéhūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄏㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiéhun
    • Wade–Giles: chieh²-hun¹
    • Yale: jyé-hwūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyehuen
    • Palladius: цзехунь (czexunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjɛ³⁵ xwən⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: jie² hun¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: giexun
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiɛ²¹ xuən⁵⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: җехун (ži͡əhun, I-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiə²⁴ xuŋ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: git³ fan¹
    • Yale: git fān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: git⁸ fan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gid³ fen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːt̚³ fɐn⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: get² fun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ket̚⁵⁵ fun³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: jiet⁶ fiin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiɛt̚⁵ fɨn⁴²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiet-fûn
    • Hakka Romanization System: gied` fun´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giad<sup>5</sup> fun<sup>1</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯et̚² fun²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiat-fûn
    • Hakka Romanization System: giad` fun´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giad⁵ fun¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯at̚² fun²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: giad⁵ fun¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ciat̚¹ fun⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: jieh⁴ hung¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕiəʔ²⁻⁵⁴ xũŋ¹¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: giék-huŏng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kieʔ²⁴⁻²¹ huoŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Longyan, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiat-hun
    • Tâi-lô: kiat-hun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiathwn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ hun³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ hun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Longyan): /kiɛt̚⁵⁻³⁴ hun³³⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɛt̚³²⁻⁵ hun⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gag⁴ hung¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kak hung
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kak̚²⁻⁴ huŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: jiq hun (T4)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɪʔ³³ hɯə̯ɲ⁴⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: jie⁶ fen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕie̞²⁴ ɸən³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ket̚  huən/

Rime
Character	結	婚
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	先 (87)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	IV	I
Fanqie	古屑切	呼昆切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ket̚/	/huən/
Pan Wuyun	/ket̚/	/huon/
Shao Rongfen	/kɛt̚/	/xuən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɛt̚/	/hwən/
Li Rong	/ket̚/	/xuən/
Wang Li	/kiet̚/	/xuən/
Bernard Karlgren	/kiet̚/	/xuən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jie	hūn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	git3	fan1

Verb

結⫽婚 (verb-object)

1. (intransitive) to get married; to marry

   近親結婚／近亲结婚  ―  jìnqīn jiéhūn  ―  consanguineous marriage

   她想為了愛而結婚，而不是為了錢。 [MSC, trad.]
   她想为了爱而结婚，而不是为了钱。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā xiǎng wèile ài ér jiéhūn, ér bùshì wèile qián. [Pinyin]

   She wants to marry for love, not for money.

   不以結婚為目的的戀愛都是耍流氓。 [MSC, trad.]
   不以结婚为目的的恋爱都是耍流氓。 [MSC, simp.]

   Bù yǐ jiéhūn wéi mùdì de liàn'ài dōu shì shuǎliúmáng. [Pinyin]

   All love relationships lacking the intention of progressing to marriage are acts of hooliganism. (common saying)

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 結婚

交寅 (Min Nan) 做大人 (Min Nan) 匹偶 (pǐ'ǒu) (literary) 匹配 (pǐpèi) 娶 (qǔ) (of a man) 婚嫁 (hūnjià) 婚配 (hūnpèi) 嫁 (jià) (of a woman) 嫁娶 (jiàqǔ) 安家 (ānjiā) (figurative) 完婚 (wánhūn) 完成 (wánchéng) (literary) 成婚 (chénghūn) 成家 (chéngjiā) (of a man)

接婆娘 (Sichuan, to take a wife) 桃夭 (táoyāo) (literary) 𤆬 (Min Nan, to take a wife) 𤆬新娘 (Min Nan, to take a wife) 𤆬某 (Min Nan, to take a wife) 作對／作对 (zuòduì) (to pair off in marriage) 娶親／娶亲 (qǔqīn) (to take a wife) 建治家後／建治家后 (Min Nan, to take a wife) 成親／成亲 (chéngqīn) 接媳婦兒／接媳妇儿 (Sichuan, to take a wife) 牽手 (Min Nan) 結合／结合 (jiéhé) 聯結／联结 (liánjié) 𤆬新婦／𤆬新妇 (Min Nan, to take a wife)

Derived terms

假結婚／假结婚 (jiǎjiéhūn) 公證結婚／公证结婚 結婚戒指／结婚戒指 (jiéhūn jièzhi) 結婚指環／结婚指环 (jiéhūn zhǐhuán) 結婚照／结婚照

結婚紀念日／结婚纪念日 (jiéhūn jìniànrì) 結婚證／结婚证 (jiéhūnzhèng) 結婚證書／结婚证书 (jiéhūn zhèngshū) 集團結婚／集团结婚

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (結婚):

• → Japanese: 結婚(けっこん) (kekkon)
• → Korean: 결혼(結婚) (gyeolhon)
• → Vietnamese: kết hôn (結婚)

See also

• 婚姻 (hūnyīn, “marriage”)
• 未婚 (wèihūn, “unmarried”)
• 已婚 (yǐhūn, “married”)

Further reading

• “Entry #50440”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
結	婚
けつ > けっ Grade: 4	こん Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) けっこん [kèkkóń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ke̞k̚kõ̞ɴ]

Noun

結(けっ)婚(こん) • (kekkon) 

1. marriage

Synonyms

• 婚姻(こんいん) (kon'in)

Derived terms

• 結婚式(けっこんしき) (kekkonshiki): "wedding"

Verb

結(けっ)婚(こん)する • (kekkon suru) intransitive suru (stem 結(けっ)婚(こん)し (kekkon shi), past 結(けっ)婚(こん)した (kekkon shita))

1. get married

Conjugation

Conjugation of "結婚する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	結婚し	けっこんし	kekkon shi
Continuative (連用形)	結婚し	けっこんし	kekkon shi
Terminal (終止形)	結婚する	けっこんする	kekkon suru
Attributive (連体形)	結婚する	けっこんする	kekkon suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	結婚すれ	けっこんすれ	kekkon sure
Imperative (命令形)	結婚せよ¹ 結婚しろ²	けっこんせよ¹ けっこんしろ²	kekkon seyo¹ kekkon shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	結婚される	けっこんされる	kekkon sareru
Causative	結婚させる 結婚さす	けっこんさせる けっこんさす	kekkon saseru kekkon sasu
Potential	結婚できる	けっこんできる	kekkon dekiru
Volitional	結婚しよう	けっこんしよう	kekkon shiyō
Negative	結婚しない	けっこんしない	kekkon shinai
Negative continuative	結婚せず	けっこんせず	kekkon sezu
Formal	結婚します	けっこんします	kekkon shimasu
Perfective	結婚した	けっこんした	kekkon shita
Conjunctive	結婚して	けっこんして	kekkon shite
Hypothetical conditional	結婚すれば	けっこんすれば	kekkon sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

References

• 2000, Jonathan Bunt, Gillian Hall, The Oxford Starter Japanese Dictionary, First Edition, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
結	婚

Noun

結婚 • (gyeolhon) (hangeul 결혼)

1. Hanja form^? of 결혼 (“marriage”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
結	婚

Noun

結婚

1. chữ Hán form of kết hôn (“marriage”).