形婚

Chinese

		to appear; to look; form to appear; to look; form; shape	to marry; marriage; wedding to marry; marriage; wedding; to take a wife
trad. (形婚)		形	婚
simp. #(形婚)		形	婚

Etymology

Short for 形式婚姻 (xíngshì hūnyīn).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xínghūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jing⁴ fan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xínghūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sínghun
    • Wade–Giles: hsing²-hun¹
    • Yale: syíng-hwūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shynghuen
    • Palladius: синхунь (sinxunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ³⁵ xu̯ən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jing⁴ fan¹
    • Yale: yìhng fān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jing⁴ fan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ying⁴ fen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ²¹ fɐn⁵⁵/

Noun

形婚

1. (neologism) sham marriage (especially a marriage between a gay man and a lesbian woman arranged in response to parental expectations of a conventional marriage)

Synonyms

• 互助婚姻 (hùzhù hūnyīn)
• 形式婚姻 (xíngshì hūnyīn)