嫁娶

Chinese

		marry (a husband)	take a wife
trad. (嫁娶)		嫁	娶
simp. #(嫁娶)		嫁	娶

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiàqǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˋ ㄑㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa³ ceoi², gaa³ ceoi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiàqǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˋ ㄑㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiàcyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chia⁴-chʻü³
    • Yale: jyà-chyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiahcheu
    • Palladius: цзяцюй (czjacjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaa³ ceoi², gaa³ ceoi³
    • Yale: ga chéui, ga cheui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa³ tsoey², gaa³ tsoey³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga³ cêu², ga³ cêu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː³³ t͡sʰɵy̯³⁵/, /kaː³³ t͡sʰɵy̯³³/

Note: gaa3 ceoi3 - literary.

Verb

嫁娶

1. to marry; to wed (generally speaking)

Synonyms

• 作對／作对 (zuòduì, “to pair off in marriage”)
• 匹偶 (pǐ'ǒu) (literary)
• 匹配 (pǐpèi)
• 娶 (of a man)
• 婚嫁 (hūnjià)
• 婚配 (hūnpèi)
• 嫁 (jià) (of a woman)
• 安家 (ānjiā) (figurative)
• 完婚 (wánhūn)
• 完成 (wánchéng) (literary)
• 成婚 (chénghūn)
• 成家 (chéngjiā) (of a man)
• 成親／成亲 (chéngqīn)
• 桃夭 (táoyāo) (literary)
• 𤆬 (“to take a wife”) (Hokkien, Teochew, Leizhou Min)
• 𤆬新娘 (“to take a wife”) (Min Nan)
• 𤆬新婦／𤆬新妇 (“to take a wife”)
• 結合／结合 (jiéhé)
• 結婚／结婚 (jiéhūn)
• 聯結／联结 (liánjié)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (嫁娶):

• → Japanese: 嫁(か)娶(しゅ) (kashu)
• → Vietnamese: giá thú (嫁娶)