同性恋 同性戀 tóng xìng liàn homosexuality / gay person / gay love 婚姻 hūn yīn marriage / matrimony / CL:樁|桩[zhuang1],次[ci4] syn 亲 親 qīn parent / one's own (flesh and blood) / relative / related / marriage / bride / close / intimate / in person / first-hand / in favor of / pro- / to kiss / (Internet slang) dear syn 基 jī (bound form) base / foundation / (bound form) radical (chemistry) / (bound form) gay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese) syn 求婚 qiú hūn to propose marriage syn 欢乐 歡樂 huān lè gaiety / gladness / glee / merriment / pleasure / happy / joyous / gay syn 终身 終身 zhōng shēn lifelong / all one's life / marriage syn 相亲 相親 xiāng qīn blind date / arranged interview to evaluate a proposed marriage partner (Taiwan pr. [xiang4 qin1]) / to be deeply attached to each other syn 拆散 chāi sàn to break up (a marriage, family etc) syn 婚事 hūn shì wedding / marriage / CL:門|门[men2],樁|桩[zhuang1] syn 破镜重圆 破鏡重圓 pò jìng chóng yuán a shattered mirror put back together (idiom) / (of marriage) to pick up the pieces and start anew / for a separated couple to reconcile and reunite syn 联姻 聯姻 lián yīn related by marriage / to connect by marriage (families, work units) syn 亲家 親家 qìng jia parents of one's daughter-in-law or son-in-law / relatives by marriage syn 结婚证 結婚證 jié hūn zhèng marriage certificate 男方 nán fāng (of a marriage) the bridegroom's side / the husband's side 姻缘 姻緣 yīn yuán a marriage predestined by fate syn 飘飘 飄飄 piāo piāo to float about / to flutter (in the breeze) / (dialect) gay guy / (Tw) ghost syn 美玲 měi líng Meiling (female name) / Zhou Meiling 周美玲[Zhou1 Mei3 ling2] (1969-), Taiwanese gay film director 大龄 大齡 dà líng older (than average in a group, at school, for marriage etc) syn 做媒 zuò méi to act as go-between (between prospective marriage partners etc) syn 姻亲 姻親 yīn qīn relation by marriage / in-laws syn 牵头 牽頭 qiān tóu to lead (an animal by the head) / to take the lead / to coordinate (a combined operation) / to mediate / a go-between (e.g. marriage broker) syn 门当户对 門當戶對 mén dāng hù duì the families are well-matched in terms of social status (idiom) / (of a prospective marriage partner) an appropriate match syn 提亲 提親 tí qīn to propose marriage syn 亲事 親事 qīn shì marriage / CL:門|门[men2] syn 婚姻法 hūn yīn fǎ marriage law 求偶 qiú ǒu to seek a marriage partner / (of an animal) to seek a mate / to court syn 大义 大義 dà yì righteousness / virtuous cause / a woman's marriage / main points of a piece of writing syn 终身大事 終身大事 zhōng shēn dà shì major turning point of lifelong import (esp. marriage) syn 嫁娶 jià qǔ marriage syn 抢亲 搶親 qiǎng qīn marriage by capture / bride kidnapping 婚恋 婚戀 hūn liàn love and marriage syn 婚嫁 hūn jià marriage 良缘 良緣 liáng yuán good karma / opportune connection with marriage partner 婚变 婚變 hūn biàn marriage upheaval (infidelity, divorce etc) / marriage breakup 进门 進門 jìn mén to enter a door / to go in / to learn the basics of a subject / to join one's husband's household upon marriage 同性恋者 同性戀者 tóng xìng liàn zhě homosexual / gay person 双喜 雙喜 shuāng xǐ double happiness / the combined symmetric character 囍 (similar to 喜喜) as symbol of good luck, esp. marriage 找对象 找對象 zhǎo duì xiàng to seek a marriage partner / looking for a mate 逃婚 táo hūn to flee to avoid an arranged marriage 婚典 hūn diǎn wedding / marriage celebration 认亲 認親 rèn qīn to acknowledge sb as one's relative / to acknowledge kinship / (old) to visit new in-laws after a marriage 婚姻介绍所 婚姻介紹所 hūn yīn jiè shào suǒ marriage agency 试婚 試婚 shì hūn trial marriage / to live together before deciding whether to marry 定亲 定親 dìng qīn to settle a marriage / betrothal syn 男同 nán tóng gay guy (coll.) 月下老人 yuè xià lǎo rén minor divinity concerned with marriage / matchmaker / go-between syn 圆房 圓房 yuán fáng (of a child bride) to consummate marriage 婚 hūn to marry / marriage / wedding / to take a wife syn 春 chūn spring (season) / gay / joyful / youthful / love / lust / life syn 朱诺 朱諾 zhū nuò Juneau, capital of Alaska / Juno, Roman goddess of marriage 男傧相 男儐相 nán bīn xiàng best man (in a marriage) syn 婚书 婚書 hūn shū (old) marriage contract 冥婚 míng hūn posthumous or ghost marriage (in which at least one of the bride and groom is dead) 基友 jī yǒu (slang) very close same-sex friend / gay partner 长乐 長樂 cháng lè Changle, a district of Fuzhou City 福州市[Fu2zhou1 Shi4], Fujian / Princess Changle of Western Wei of the Northern Dynasties 西魏[Xi1 Wei4], given in marriage c. 545 to Bumin Khan 土門|土门[Tu3men2] 女家 nǚ jiā bride's family (in marriage) 举案齐眉 舉案齊眉 jǔ àn qí méi lit. to lift the tray to eyebrow level (idiom) / mutual respect in a marriage syn 齐大非偶 齊大非偶 qí dà fēi ǒu too rich to be a good match (in marriage) (idiom) 形婚 xíng hūn sham marriage, esp. a marriage between a gay man and a lesbian arranged in response to parental expectations of a conventional marriage (abbr. for 形式婚姻[xing2 shi4 hun1 yin1]) 同妻 tóng qī (neologism c. 2009) wife of a gay man (the man may marry to conform with social expectations, and the woman often enters the marriage not knowing he is gay) 包办婚姻 包辦婚姻 bāo bàn hūn yīn forced marriage / arranged marriage (without the consent of the individuals) 事实婚 事實婚 shì shí hūn common-law marriage / de facto marriage 拖油瓶 tuō yóu píng (derog.) (of a woman) to bring one's children into a second marriage / children by a previous marriage 求亲 求親 qiú qīn to make an offer of marriage (to another family on behalf of one's son or daughter) / to seek a marriage alliance syn 男同性恋色情片 男同性戀色情片 nán tóng xìng liàn sè qíng piàn gay 红妆 紅妝 hóng zhuāng splendid gay female clothing 基佬 jī lǎo (slang) gay guy 基民 jī mín fund investor / (coll.) gay person 德国男女同性恋联合会 德國男女同性戀聯合會 Lesbian and Gay Federation in Germany 男女同性恋、双性恋和变性者 男女同性戀、雙性戀和變性者 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender 男同性恋者健康危机 男同性戀者健康危機 Gay Men's Health Crisis 基情 jī qíng (slang) bromance / gay love 屁精 pì jīng (slang) gay / sissy / poof / abbr. for 馬屁精|马屁精[ma3 pi4 jing1] 弯男 彎男 wān nán gay guy 掰弯 掰彎 bāi wān to bend / (slang) to turn a straight person gay 掰直 bāi zhí to straighten / (slang) to turn a gay person straight 高贵鸡 高貴雞 gāo guì jī (Tw) (slang) snobbish, pretentious gay person 权宜婚姻 權宜婚姻 quán yí hūn yīn marriage 囍 xǐ double happiness (similar to 喜喜) / symbol of good luck, esp. marriage 一拍两散 一拍兩散 yī pāi liǎng sàn (of marriage or business partners) to break up (idiom) / to separate 下聘 xià pìn to send the betrothal gifts / (fig.) to conclude a marriage 保媒 bǎo méi to act as go-between (between prospective marriage partners etc) syn 做亲 做親 zuò qīn to become related by marriage / to marry 前世姻缘 前世姻緣 qián shì yīn yuán a marriage predestined in a former life (idiom) 叔婆 shū pó aunt by marriage / husband's aunt / husband's father's younger brother's wife syn 问名 問名 wèn míng to enquire, according to custom, after the name and horoscope of intended bride / one of a set of six traditional marriage protocols (六禮|六礼), in which name as well as date and time of birth (for horoscope) are formally requested of the prospective bride's family 婚姻调解 婚姻調解 hūn yīn tiáo jiě marriage counseling 对家 對家 duì jiā partner (in four person game) / family of proposed marriage partner 对亲 對親 duì qīn courting / meeting for purpose of marriage / to settle into a relationship 悔婚 huǐ hūn to break a promise of marriage 提婚 tí hūn to propose marriage 提亲事 提親事 tí qīn shì to propose marriage 男家 nán jiā man's family (in marriage) 破镜 破鏡 pò jìng broken mirror / fig. broken marriage / divorce 聘问 聘問 pìn wèn international exchange of visits / to visit as envoy / to visit as family representative for purpose of marriage arrangement (traditional culture) 蓝田种玉 藍田種玉 lán tián zhòng yù a marriage made in heaven (idiom) 许亲 許親 xǔ qīn to accept a marriage proposal 赖婚 賴婚 lài hūn to go back on a marriage contract / to repudiate an engagement 