婚外

Chinese

		to marry; marriage; wedding to marry; marriage; wedding; to take a wife	outside; in addition; foreign outside; in addition; foreign; external
trad. (婚外)		婚	外
simp. #(婚外)		婚	外

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hūnwài

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄣ ㄨㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fan¹ ngoi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hūnwài
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄣ ㄨㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hunwài
    • Wade–Giles: hun¹-wai⁴
    • Yale: hwūn-wài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huenway
    • Palladius: хуньвай (xunʹvaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ən⁵⁵ waɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fan¹ ngoi⁶
    • Yale: fān ngoih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fan¹ ngoi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: fen¹ ngoi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn⁵⁵ ŋɔːi̯²²/

Adjective

婚外

1. (attributive) extramarital; outside of marriage

Antonyms

• 婚內／婚内 (hūnnèi)

Derived terms

• 婚外孕
• 婚外情 (hūnwàiqíng)
• 婚外戀／婚外恋 (hūnwàiliàn)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
婚	外
こん Grade: S	がい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

婚(こん)外(がい) • (kongai) 

1. extramarriage

Synonyms

• 庶出

Antonyms

• 婚内
• 嫡出

Derived terms

• 婚外子(こんがいし) (kongaishi, “an extramarital child”)