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"marriage custom" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
婚俗 hūn sú marriage custom
Chinese Pinyin Translation
习惯 習慣 xí guàn habit / custom / usual practice / to be used to / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
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
风 風 fēng wind / news / style / custom / manner / CL:陣|阵[zhen4],絲|丝[si1] syn
求婚 qiú hūn to propose marriage syn
终身 終身 zhōng shēn lifelong / all one's life / marriage syn
风尚 風尚 fēng shàng current custom / current way of doing things syn
特制 特製 tè zhì specially made / custom-made
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
习俗 習俗 xí sú custom / tradition / local tradition / convention syn
拆散 chāi sàn to break up (a marriage, family etc) syn
定制 定製 dìng zhì custom-made / made-to-order / to have sth custom made
萎缩 萎縮 wěi suō to wither / to dry up (of a plant) / to atrophy (of muscle, social custom etc) syn
风俗 風俗 fēng sú social custom / CL:個|个[ge4] 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
订制 訂製 dìng zhì custom-made / made-to-order / to have sth custom made
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
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
民俗 mín sú popular custom 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
沿袭 沿襲 yán xí to carry on as before / to follow (an old custom etc) syn
习气 習氣 xí qì custom / practice (usu. a regrettable one) syn
随俗 隨俗 suí sú according to custom / to do as local custom requires / do as the Romans do syn
积习 積習 jī xí old habit (usually bad) / inbred custom / deep-rooted practice 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
自定义 自定義 zì dìng yì custom / user-defined
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
重拾 chóng shí to pick up (a theme etc) / to regain (confidence) / to revive (a custom, friendship etc)
新风 新風 xīn fēng new trend / new custom syn
古风 古風 gǔ fēng old style / old custom / a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry aka 古體詩|古体诗[gu3 ti3 shi1] syn
恶俗 惡俗 è sú bad habit / evil custom / vulgarity
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
闹洞房 鬧洞房 nào dòng fáng disturbing the privacy of bridal room (Chinese custom where guests banter with and play pranks on the newlyweds)
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
礼俗 禮俗 lǐ sú etiquette / custom syn
定亲 定親 dìng qīn to settle a marriage / betrothal syn
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
俗 sú custom / convention / popular / common / coarse / vulgar / secular syn
朱诺 朱諾 zhū nuò Juneau, capital of Alaska / Juno, Roman goddess of marriage
习 習 xí (bound form) to practice / to study / habit / custom syn
男傧相 男儐相 nán bīn xiàng best man (in a marriage) syn
旧俗 舊俗 jiù sú former custom / old ways syn
婚书 婚書 hūn shū (old) marriage contract
福袋 fú dài fukubukuro or "lucky bag", Japanese New Year custom where merchants offer grab bags containing random products at a steep discount
冥婚 míng hūn posthumous or ghost marriage (in which at least one of the bride and groom is dead)
抓周 zhuā zhōu custom of placing a variety of articles (writing brush, abacus etc) before an infant on its first birthday to see which one he or she picks up (The article chosen is supposed to be an indication of the child's inclinations, future career etc.)
旧习 舊習 jiù xí old habit / former custom syn
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)
未能免俗 wèi néng miǎn sú unable to break the custom (idiom) / bound by conventions
染风习俗 染風習俗 rǎn fēng xí sú bad habits / to get into bad habits through long custom
积习成俗 積習成俗 jī xí chéng sú accumulated habits become custom
习俗移性 習俗移性 xí sú yí xìng one's habits change with long custom
违时绝俗 違時絕俗 wéi shí jué sú to defy the times and reject custom (idiom) / in breach of current conventions
执牛耳 執牛耳 zhí niú ěr to be the acknowledged leader (from the custom of a prince holding a plate on which lay the severed ears of a sacrificial bull at an alliance ceremony)
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])
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
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
同婚 tóng hūn same-sex marriage / gay 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
中国风俗 中國風俗 zhōng guó fēng sú Chinese custom
向例 xiàng lì custom / usual practice / convention up to now syn
猎头 獵頭 liè tóu headhunting (executive recruitment) / headhunter (profession) / headhunting (tribal custom)
听房 聽房 tīng fáng to eavesdrop outside bridal bedchamber (folk custom)
听窗 聽窗 tīng chuāng to eavesdrop outside bridal bedchamber (folk custom)
躲年 duǒ nián to avoid going home for the Chinese New Year (for any of various reasons: because one finds the festivities onerous in some way, or because it would be seen as inauspicious for one to attend, or, in former times, to avoid creditors, since it was the custom to have debts settled before New Year's Day, and once into the New Year, debtors got a reprieve)
颓风 頹風 tuí fēng degenerate custom / decadent ways
定制软件 dìng zhì ruǎn jiàn custom software / bespoke software
时俗 時俗 shí sú prevalent custom of the time
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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