大婚

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	to marry; marriage; wedding to marry; marriage; wedding; to take a wife
trad. (大婚)		大	婚
simp. #(大婚)		大	婚
alternative forms		大昏 literary

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàhūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ fan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàhūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàhun
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-hun¹
    • Yale: dà-hwūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahhuen
    • Palladius: дахунь (daxunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ xu̯ən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ fan¹
    • Yale: daaih fān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ fan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ fen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² fɐn⁵⁵/

Verb

大婚

1. (of emperors, dukes and princes, nowadays also of celebrities etc.) to get married (in a grand ceremony)

Noun

大婚

1. (Fujian, Taiwan) major marriage; formal matchmade marriage

   Antonym: 小婚 (xiǎohūn)

Descendants

• → English: major marriage (calque)