婚姻
Old HSK 5
婚姻 (hūnyīn) · marriage
婚姻 (hūnyīn) means “marriage”. It is written with 2 characters: 婚 (to get married) + 姻 (relatives by marriage). It is an old HSK 5 word (HSK 2.0).
How 婚姻 is built
The characters
婚 hūn · to get married
What 婚 is made of
- 女nǚ — woman
- 昏hūn — dusk
- 氏shì — clan
- 日rì — sun; day
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 一 — horizontal stroke
Origin hint: 女 gives the meaning, 昏 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
姻 yīn · relatives by marriage
What 姻 is made of
- 女nǚ — woman
- 因yīn — cause
- 囗wéi — enclosure
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 大dà — big
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 人rén — person
- 囗wéi — enclosure
Example sentences
他们的婚姻很幸福。Tāmen de hūnyīn hěn xìngfú.They have a happy marriage.
婚姻需要两个人一起努力。Hūnyīn xūyào liǎng gè rén yìqǐ nǔlì.Marriage takes effort from both people.
Questions about 婚姻
What does 婚姻 mean?
婚姻 (hūnyīn) means “marriage”.
How do you pronounce 婚姻?
婚姻 is pronounced hūnyīn.
Which HSK level is 婚姻?
婚姻 is in Old HSK 5.
Related words
Learn 婚姻 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 5 · Group 44: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.