結婚

See also: 结婚

Chinese

		to tie; to bind	to marry; marriage; wedding to marry; marriage; wedding; to take a wife
trad. (結婚)		結	婚
simp. (结婚)		结	婚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): jiéhūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄏㄨㄣ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): jie² hun¹

  (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): jiěhǔn

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): җехун (ži͡əhun, I-I)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): git³ fan¹

  (Dongguan, Jyutping++): git⁸ fan¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): get² fun¹

• Gan (Wiktionary): jiet⁶ 'fiin¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kiet-fûn / kiat-fûn

  (Hailu, HRS): gied fun^ˋ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): giad⁵ fun¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): jieh⁴ hung¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): giék-huŏng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): geh⁶ hong¹ / geh⁶ huong¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kiat-hun

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gag⁴ hung¹

• Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): gyut² wan¹
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁷ciq-huen₁
  • (Jinhua): ⁷ciq-huen₁
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): jie⁶ fen¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiéhūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄏㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiéhun
    • Wade–Giles: chieh²-hun¹
    • Yale: jyé-hwūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyehuen
    • Palladius: цзехунь (czexunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ xu̯ən⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: jie² hun¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: giexun
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiɛ²¹ xuən⁵⁵/
  • (Xi'an)
    • Guanzhong Pinyin: jiěhǔn [Phonetic: jiéhǔn]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiɛ²¹⁻²⁴ xuẽ²¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: җехун (ži͡əhun, I-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiə²⁴ xuŋ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: git³ fan¹
    • Yale: git fān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: git⁸ fan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gid³ fen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːt̚³ fɐn⁵⁵/
  • (Dongguan, Guancheng)
    • Jyutping++: git⁸ fan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kit̚²² fɐn²¹³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: get² fun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ket̚⁵⁵ fun³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: jiet⁶ 'fiin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiɛt̚⁵ ˈfɨn⁴²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiet-fûn
    • Hakka Romanization System: gied^ˋ fun^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giad⁵ fun¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯et̚² fun²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiat-fûn
    • Hakka Romanization System: giad^ˋ fun^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giad⁵ fun¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯at̚² fun²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: gied fun^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /kiet⁵⁻² fun⁵³/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: giad⁵ fun¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kiat̚¹ fun⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: jieh⁴ hung¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕiəʔ²⁻⁵⁴ xuŋ¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: giék-huŏng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kieʔ²⁴⁻²¹ huoŋ⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: geh⁶ hong¹ [Phonetic: geh⁷ hong¹]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: geh-heong
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɛʔ²¹⁻⁴⁵ hɔŋ⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: geh⁶ huong¹ [Phonetic: geh⁷ huong¹]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɛʔ²⁻⁴ huoŋ⁵⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Longyan, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiat-hun
    • Tâi-lô: kiat-hun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiathwn
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /kiɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ hun³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ hun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Longyan): /kiɛt̚⁵⁻³⁴ hun³³⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɛt̚³²⁻⁵ hun⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gag⁴ hung¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kak hung
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kak̚²⁻⁴ huŋ³³/
• Southern Pinghua
  • (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
    • Jyutping++: gyut² wan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyt̚³³ βən⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Hangzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁷ciq-huen₁
    • MiniDict: cih^入 huen^平
    • MiniDict: cieh^入 huen^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴jiq-hun₁
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕiɪʔ³³ huən⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /t͡ɕiəʔ³³ hun³⁴/
  • (Jinhua)
    • Wugniu: ⁷ciq-huen₁
    • Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /t͡ɕiəʔ⁴⁴ huəŋ⁵⁵/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: jie⁶ fen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯e̞²⁴ ɸən³³/

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• Middle Chinese: ket xwon

Rime
Character	結	婚
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	屑 (87)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	IV	I
Fanqie	古屑切	呼昆切
Baxter	ket	xwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ket̚/	/huən/
Pan Wuyun	/ket̚/	/huon/
Shao Rongfen	/kɛt̚/	/xuən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɛt̚/	/hwən/
Li Rong	/ket̚/	/xuən/
Wang Li	/kiet̚/	/xuən/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kiet̚/	/xuən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jie	hūn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	git3	fan1

Verb

結⫽婚 (verb-object)

1. (intransitive) to get married; to marry

   近親結婚／近亲结婚  ―  jìnqīn jiéhūn  ―  consanguineous marriage

   她想為了愛而結婚，而不是為了錢。 [MSC, trad.]
   她想为了爱而结婚，而不是为了钱。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā xiǎng wèile ài ér jiéhūn, ér bùshì wèile qián. [Pinyin]

   She wants to marry for love, not for money.

   不以結婚為目的的戀愛都是耍流氓。 [MSC, trad.]
   不以结婚为目的的恋爱都是耍流氓。 [MSC, simp.]

   Bù yǐ jiéhūn wéi mùdì de liàn'ài dōu shì shuǎliúmáng. [Pinyin]

   All love relationships lacking the intention of progressing to marriage are acts of hooliganism. (common saying)

Synonyms

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• 交姻 (American (–1980) Cantonese)
• 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)
• 成交 (chéngjiāo) (Shanghainese)
• 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)
• 𤆬人 (Hokkien)
• 𤆬新娘 (“to take a wife”) (Min Nan)
• 𤆬新婦 / 𤆬新妇 (“to take a wife”)
• 結合 / 结合 (jiéhé)
• 聯結 / 联结 (liánjié)

Dialectal synonyms of 結婚 (“to get married; to marry”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		桃夭
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		結婚, 娶親 †, 娶妻 †
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	結婚
	Harbin	結婚, 娶親 †, 娶媳婦兒 †
	Malaysia	結婚
	Singapore	結婚
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	成親, 結婚, 娶媳婦 †, 娶親 †
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	娶媳婦兒 †, 成家 †
	Wanrong	結婚
	Xi'an	結婚, 成親, 娶媳婦兒 †, 成家 †
	Xining	娶媳婦 †, 娶親 †
	Xuzhou	成親, 辦喜事兒, 娶親 †
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	娶親 †
	Ürümqi	結婚, 娶親 †
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	成親, 結婚, 娶親 †, 接婆娘 †, 接媳婦兒 †
	Guiyang	成親, 結婚
	Liuzhou	結婚, 成親
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	娶親 †, 娶媳婦 †
	Yangzhou	成親, 娶老婆 †, 成家 †
Cantonese	Hong Kong	結婚, 拉埋天窗
	Dongguan	結婚
Gan	Nanchang	結婚, 娶親 †, 成家 †
	Lichuan	成親
	Pingxiang	結婚, 討娘婆 †, 討親 †
Hakka	Meixian	結婚
	Yudu	成親, 成家 †, 討親 †
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	結婚, 成親, 結公婆, 討親 †
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	結婚, 成親, 結公婆, 討親 †
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	結婚, 成親, 結公婆, 討親 †
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	結婚, 成親, 結公姐, 討親 †
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	結婚, 成親, 結公姐, 討親 †
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	結婚, 成親, 結公姐, 渡親 †
Huizhou	Jixi	結婚, 討親 †
Jin	Taiyuan	成親, 結婚, 娶媳婦子 †, 成家 †
	Xinzhou	娶親 †, 娶媳婦兒 †
Northern Min	Jian'ou	娶親 †, 討老媽 †
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	結婚, 討親 †
Southern Min	Xiamen	交寅, 𤆬某 †, 成家 †
	Quanzhou	𤆬某 †, 成家 †
	Zhangzhou	做大人, 𤆬某 †, 成家 †
	Taipei	𤆬某 †
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	𤆬某 †
	Kaohsiung	𤆬某 †, 建治家後 †
	Yilan	𤆬某 †, 建治家後 †
	Changhua (Lukang)	𤆬某 †
	Taichung	𤆬某 †
	Tainan	𤆬某 †
	Hsinchu	𤆬某 †
	Kinmen	𤆬某 †
	Penghu (Magong)	𤆬某 †
	Penang (Hokkien)	交寅
	Singapore (Hokkien)	交寅
	Manila (Hokkien)	牽手, 結婚, 𤆬某 †
	Singapore (Teochew)	交寅
	Haikou	結婚
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	結婚, 成親
Wu	Shanghai	結婚, 成家 †
	Suzhou	娶親 †
	Danyang	成親
	Hangzhou	結婚, 討親 †
	Wenzhou	成親
	Jinhua	結婚, 討親 †
Xiang	Changsha	結婚
	Loudi	討親 †, 討堂客 †
Note	† - of a man; ‡ - of a woman

Derived terms

• 假結婚 / 假结婚 (jiǎjiéhūn)
• 公證結婚 / 公证结婚
• 同性結婚 / 同性结婚 (tóngxìng jiéhūn)
• 結婚戒指 / 结婚戒指
• 結婚指環 / 结婚指环 (jiéhūn zhǐhuán)
• 結婚日子 / 结婚日子
• 結婚照 / 结婚照
• 結婚登記 / 结婚登记
• 結婚紀念日 / 结婚纪念日 (jiéhūn jìniànrì)
• 結婚草 / 结婚草
• 結婚證 / 结婚证 (jiéhūnzhèng)
• 結婚證書 / 结婚证书 (jiéhūn zhèngshū)
• 結婚酒 / 结婚酒
• 集團結婚 / 集团结婚

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (結婚):

• → Japanese: 結婚(けっこん) (kekkon)
• → Korean: 결혼(結婚) (gyeolhon)
• → Vietnamese: kết hôn (結婚)

See also

• 婚姻 (hūnyīn, “marriage”)
• 未婚 (wèihūn, “unmarried”)
• 已婚 (yǐhūn, “married”)

Further reading

• “結婚”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
結	婚
けつ > けっ Grade: 4	こん Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) けっこん [kèkkóń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ke̞k̚kõ̞ɴ]

Noun

結(けっ)婚(こん) • (kekkon) 

1. marriage

Synonyms

• 婚姻(こんいん) (kon'in)

Derived terms

• 結婚式(けっこんしき) (kekkonshiki): "wedding"

Verb

結(けっ)婚(こん)する • (kekkon suru) intransitive suru (stem 結(けっ)婚(こん)し (kekkon shi), past 結(けっ)婚(こん)した (kekkon shita))

1. get married

Conjugation

Conjugation of "結婚する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	結婚し	けっこんし	kekkon shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	結婚し	けっこんし	kekkon shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	結婚する	けっこんする	kekkon suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	結婚する	けっこんする	kekkon suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	結婚すれ	けっこんすれ	kekkon sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	結婚せよ¹ 結婚しろ²	けっこんせよ¹ けっこんしろ²	kekkon seyo¹ kekkon shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	結婚される	けっこんされる	kekkon sareru
Causative	結婚させる 結婚さす	けっこんさせる けっこんさす	kekkon saseru kekkon sasu
Potential	結婚できる	けっこんできる	kekkon dekiru
Volitional	結婚しよう	けっこんしよう	kekkon shiyō
Negative	結婚しない	けっこんしない	kekkon shinai
Negative continuative	結婚せず	けっこんせず	kekkon sezu
Formal	結婚します	けっこんします	kekkon shimasu
Perfective	結婚した	けっこんした	kekkon shita
Conjunctive	結婚して	けっこんして	kekkon shite
Hypothetical conditional	結婚すれば	けっこんすれば	kekkon sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
結	婚

Noun

結婚 • (gyeolhon) (hangeul 결혼)

1. hanja form^? of 결혼 (“marriage”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
結	婚

Noun

結婚

1. chữ Hán form of kết hôn (“marriage”).