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"related by marriage" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
联姻 聯姻 lián yīn related by marriage / to connect by marriage (families, work units) syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
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])
婚变 婚變 hūn biàn marriage upheaval (infidelity, divorce etc) / marriage breakup
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
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
做亲 做親 zuò qīn to become related by marriage / to marry
左邻右舍 左鄰右舍 zuǒ lín yòu shè neighbors / next-door neighbors / related work units / colleagues doing related work syn
与水有关的千年发展目标 與水有關的千年發展目標 water-related Millennium Development Goals / water-related MDGs
支持最不发达国家的综合框架 支持最不發達國家的綜合框架 Integrated Framework for Trade-Related Technical Assistance to Least Developed Countries / Integrated Framework / Integrated Framework for Least Developed Countries / Integrated Framework for Trade-Related Technical Assistance
贸易方面技术援助的综合框架 貿易方面技術援助的綜合框架 Integrated Framework for Trade-Related Technical Assistance to Least Developed Countries / Integrated Framework / Integrated Framework for Least Developed Countries / Integrated Framework for Trade-Related Technical Assistance
综合框架 綜合框架 zōng hé kuàng jià Integrated Framework for Trade-Related Technical Assistance to Least Developed Countries / Integrated Framework / Integrated Framework for Least Developed Countries / Integrated Framework for Trade-Related Technical Assistance
核供应国集团准则 核供應國集團準則 Guidelines for Transfers of Nuclear-related Dual-use Equipment, Materials, Software and Related Technology / Nuclear Suppliers' Group Guidelines
婚姻 hūn yīn marriage / matrimony / CL:樁|桩[zhuang1],次[ci4] syn
终身 終身 zhōng shēn lifelong / all one's life / marriage syn
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
求婚 qiú hūn to propose 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
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
姻缘 姻緣 yīn yuán a marriage predestined by fate syn
男方 nán fāng (of a marriage) the bridegroom's side / the husband's side
婚事 hūn shì wedding / marriage / CL:門|门[men2],樁|桩[zhuang1] syn
大义 大義 dà yì righteousness / virtuous cause / a woman's marriage / main points of a piece of writing syn
结婚证 結婚證 jié hūn zhèng marriage certificate
婚姻法 hūn yīn fǎ marriage law
拆散 chāi sàn to break up (a marriage, family etc) syn
大龄 大齡 dà líng older (than average in a group, at school, for marriage etc) syn
婚恋 婚戀 hūn liàn love and marriage syn
亲家 親家 qìng jia parents of one's daughter-in-law or son-in-law / relatives by marriage syn
提亲 提親 tí qīn to propose marriage syn
亲事 親事 qīn shì marriage / CL:門|门[men2] syn
婚嫁 hūn jià marriage
良缘 良緣 liáng yuán good karma / opportune connection with marriage partner
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
终身大事 終身大事 zhōng shēn dà shì major turning point of lifelong import (esp. marriage) syn
双喜 雙喜 shuāng xǐ double happiness / the combined symmetric character 囍 (similar to 喜喜) as symbol of good luck, esp. marriage
嫁娶 jià qǔ marriage syn
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
求偶 qiú ǒu to seek a marriage partner / (of an animal) to seek a mate / to court syn
做媒 zuò méi to act as go-between (between prospective marriage partners etc) syn
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
姻亲 姻親 yīn qīn relation by marriage / in-laws syn
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
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
抢亲 搶親 qiǎng qīn marriage by capture / bride kidnapping
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)
婚 hūn to marry / marriage / wedding / to take a wife syn
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)
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
朱诺 朱諾 zhū nuò Juneau, capital of Alaska / Juno, Roman goddess of 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
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
女家 nǚ jiā bride's family (in marriage)
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
男傧相 男儐相 nán bīn xiàng best man (in a marriage) syn
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
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]
长乐公主 長樂公主 cháng lè gōng zhǔ 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[Tu3 men2]
杂婚 雜婚 zá hūn mixed marriage
齐眉 齊眉 qí méi mutual respect in marriage / abbr. of idiom 舉案齊眉|举案齐眉[ju3 an4 qi2 mei2]
同性婚姻 tóng xìng hūn yīn same-sex marriage
最低结婚年龄 zuì dī jié hūn nián líng minimum age for marriage
婚姻联盟 hūn yīn lián méng Alliance for Marriage
童婚 tóng hūn child marriage
强迫婚姻 強迫婚姻 qiǎng pò hūn yīn forced marriage
按性别分列的结婚率 按性別分列的結婚率 sex-specific marriage rates
习惯法婚姻 習慣法婚姻 xí guàn fǎ hūn yīn common-law marriage
自愿结合 自愿結合 zì yuàn jié hé customary marriage
习俗婚姻 習俗婚姻 xí sú hūn yīn customary marriage
习惯婚姻 習慣婚姻 xí guàn hūn yīn customary marriage
伴侣式婚姻 伴侶式婚姻 companionate marriage
结婚率 結婚率 marriage rate / nuptiality rate
结婚年龄 結婚年齡 age at marriage
二婚 èr hūn (coll.) (usu. of women in former times) to marry for a second time / second marriage / person who remarries
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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