奉子成婚

Chinese

		to receive (from superior); to offer; to revere	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight	to get married
trad. (奉子成婚)		奉	子	成婚
simp. #(奉子成婚)		奉	子	成婚

Etymology

Near-homophone of 奉旨成婚 (“to follow the imperial edict to become married”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fèngzǐchénghūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄥˋ ㄗˇ ㄔㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fung⁶ zi² sing⁴ fan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fèngzǐchénghūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥˋ ㄗˇ ㄔㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fòngzǐhchénghun
    • Wade–Giles: fêng⁴-tzŭ³-chʻêng²-hun¹
    • Yale: fèng-dž-chéng-hwūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenqtzyychernghuen
    • Palladius: фэнцзычэнхунь (fɛnczyčɛnxunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ xu̯ən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fung⁶ zi² sing⁴ fan¹
    • Yale: fuhng jí sìhng fān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fung⁶ dzi² sing⁴ fan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fung⁶ ji² xing⁴ fen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ²² t͡siː³⁵ sɪŋ²¹ fɐn⁵⁵/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 奉子成婚

1. shotgun wedding; shotgun marriage; to get married because of pregnancy

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