交寅

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (交寅)		交	寅
alternative forms		交姻

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay kahwin (“to marry”).

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kau-în / kau-êng

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Singapore, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kau-în
    • Tâi-lô: kau-în
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kau'iin
    • IPA (Xiamen, Singapore): /kau⁴⁴⁻²² in²⁴/
    • IPA (Penang): /kau³³⁻²¹ in²³/
  • (Hokkien: Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kau-êng
    • Tâi-lô: kau-îng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kau'eeng
    • IPA (Penang): /kau³³⁻²¹ eŋ²³/

Verb

交寅

1. (Xiamen Hokkien, Singapore, Malaysia Hokkien) to get married; to marry

Synonyms

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• 作對／作对 (zuòduì, “to pair off in marriage”)
• 匹偶 (pǐ'ǒu) (literary)
• 匹配 (pǐpèi)
• 娶 (of a man)
• 婚嫁 (hūnjià)
• 婚配 (hūnpèi)
• 嫁 (jià) (of a woman)
• 嫁娶 (jiàqǔ)
• 安家 (ānjiā) (figurative)
• 完婚 (wánhūn)
• 完成 (wánchéng) (literary)
• 成婚 (chénghūn)
• 成家 (chéngjiā) (of a man)
• 成親／成亲 (chéngqīn)
• 桃夭 (táoyāo) (literary)
• 𤆬 (“to take a wife”) (Hokkien, Teochew, Leizhou Min)
• 𤆬新娘 (“to take a wife”) (Min Nan)
• 𤆬新婦／𤆬新妇 (“to take a wife”)
• 結合／结合 (jiéhé)
• 結婚／结婚 (jiéhūn)
• 聯結／联结 (liánjié)