婚姻

Chinese

		to marry; marriage; wedding to marry; marriage; wedding; to take a wife	marriage connections
trad. (婚姻)		婚	姻
simp. ^#(婚姻)		婚	姻

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hūnyīn

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄣㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fan¹ jan¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): fûn-yîn

(Hailu, HRS): fun^ˋ rhim^ˋ
Eastern Min (BUC): huŏng-ĭng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hong¹ ing¹ / huong¹ ing¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hun-in / hun-ian

(Teochew, Peng'im): hung¹ ing¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹huen-in

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hūnyīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄣㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hunyin
  - Wade–Giles: hun¹-yin¹
  - Yale: hwūn-yīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huenin
  - Palladius: хуньинь (xunʹinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ən⁵⁵ in⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fan¹ jan¹
  - Yale: fān yān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fan¹ jan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fen¹ yen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn⁵⁵ jɐn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fûn-yîn
  - Hakka Romanization System: fun^ˊ in^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fun¹ yin¹
  - Sinological IPA: /fun²⁴⁻¹¹ in²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fûn-yîn
  - Hakka Romanization System: fun^ˊ (r)in^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fun¹ yin¹
  - Sinological IPA: /fun²⁴⁻¹¹ (j)in²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: fun^ˋ rhim^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /fun⁵³ ʒim⁵³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: huŏng-ĭng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huoŋ⁵⁵ ^(Ø-)ŋiŋ⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hong¹ ing¹ [Phonetic: hong⁵ nging¹]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: heong-ing
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔŋ⁵³³⁻¹¹ ^(Ø-)ŋiŋ⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: huong¹ ing¹ [Phonetic: huong⁵ nging¹]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huoŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ^(Ø-)ŋiŋ⁵⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hun-in
  - Tâi-lô: hun-in
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hun'yn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hun³³ in³³/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hun⁴⁴⁻³³ in⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hun⁴⁴⁻²² in⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hun-ian
  - Tâi-lô: hun-ian
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hun'iefn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hun³³ iɛn³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hung¹ ing¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hung ing
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huŋ³³⁻²³ iŋ³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹huen-in
  - MiniDict: huen^平 in
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹hun-in
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /huən⁵⁵ in²¹/

Noun

婚姻

marriage; matrimony (Classifier: 樁／桩 m; 次 m)
婚姻自由 ― hūnyīn zìyóu ― freedom of marriage

涉外婚姻 ― shèwài hūnyīn ― marriage with a foreigner; transnational marriage

婚姻破裂 ― hūnyīn pòliè ― breakdown of marriage

婚姻制度 ― hūnyīn zhìdù ― institution of marriage

美滿婚姻／美满婚姻 ― měimǎn hūnyīn ― happy marriage

第一次婚姻 ― dìyī cì hūnyīn ― first marriage

步入婚姻殿堂 ― bùrù hūnyīn diàntáng ― to walk down the aisle; to become married

他的婚姻瓦解了。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
Tā de hūnyīn wǎjiě le. [Pinyin]
His marriage fell apart.

婚姻是愛情的墳墓。 [MSC, trad.]
婚姻是爱情的坟墓。 [MSC, simp.]
Hūnyīn shì àiqíng de fénmù. [Pinyin]
Marriage is the tomb of love. (saying)

Synonyms

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婚事 (hūnshì)
嫁娶 (Hokkien)
紅事 / 红事 (hóngshì)
親事 / 亲事 (qīnshì)
親情 / 亲情 (Hokkien, Teochew)

Derived terms

事實婚姻 / 事实婚姻 (shìshí hūnyīn)
互助婚姻 (hùzhù hūnyīn)
包辦婚姻 / 包办婚姻 (bāobàn hūnyīn)
協議婚姻 / 协议婚姻 (xiéyì hūnyīn)
同志婚姻 (tóngzhì hūnyīn)
同性婚姻 (tóngxìng hūnyīn)
婚姻介紹所 / 婚姻介绍所 (hūnyīn jièshàosuǒ)
婚姻失調 / 婚姻失调
婚姻懇談 / 婚姻恳谈
婚姻暴力
婚姻法 (hūnyīnfǎ)
婚姻狀況 / 婚姻状况 (hūnyīn zhuàngkuàng)
婚姻自由
形式婚姻 (xíngshì hūnyīn)
政治婚姻 (zhèngzhì hūnyīn)
權宜婚姻 / 权宜婚姻 (quányí hūnyīn)
民事婚姻 (mínshì hūnyīn)
無性婚姻 / 无性婚姻
臨界婚姻 / 临界婚姻
虛假婚姻 / 虚假婚姻 (xūjiǎ hūnyīn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
婚	姻
こん Grade: S	いん Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こんいん [kòń'íń] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [kõ̞ɰ̃ĩɴ]

Noun

婚(こん)姻(いん) • (kon'in)

Synonyms

結婚(けっこん) (kekkon): marriage

Verb

婚(こん)姻(いん)する • (kon'in suru) intransitive suru (stem 婚(こん)姻(いん)し (kon'in shi), past 婚(こん)姻(いん)した (kon'in shita))

get married
- 2025 June 10, 阿部知子 [Tomoko Abe], quotee, “第217回国会　衆議院　地域活性化・こども政策・デジタル社会形成に関する特別委員会　第10号　令和7年6月10日 [217th Diet, House of Representatives, Special Committee on Regional Revitalization, Children's Policy, and the Formation of a Digital Society, No. 10, June 10, 2025]”, in 国会会議録検索システム [Diet Proceedings Search System]‎^[1], 国立国会図書館 [National Diet Library], retrieved 15 September 2025:
  そして、婚姻してから二週間くらいの間でみんな優生手術が行われているという記録でございます。
  Soshite, kon'in shite kara ni shū kan kurai no aida de minna yūsei shujutsu ga okonawarete iru to iu kiroku de gozai masu.
  The records also state that all of them underwent eugenic surgery within about two weeks of getting married.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "婚姻する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	婚姻し	こんいんし	kon'in shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	婚姻し	こんいんし	kon'in shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	婚姻する	こんいんする	kon'in suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	婚姻する	こんいんする	kon'in suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	婚姻すれ	こんいんすれ	kon'in sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	婚姻せよ¹ 婚姻しろ²	こんいんせよ¹ こんいんしろ²	kon'in seyo¹ kon'in shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	婚姻される	こんいんされる	kon'in sareru
Causative	婚姻させる婚姻さす	こんいんさせるこんいんさす	kon'in saseru kon'in sasu
Potential	婚姻できる	こんいんできる	kon'in dekiru
Volitional	婚姻しよう	こんいんしよう	kon'in shiyō
Negative	婚姻しない	こんいんしない	kon'in shinai
Negative continuative	婚姻せず	こんいんせず	kon'in sezu
Formal	婚姻します	こんいんします	kon'in shimasu
Perfective	婚姻した	こんいんした	kon'in shita
Conjunctive	婚姻して	こんいんして	kon'in shite
Hypothetical conditional	婚姻すれば	こんいんすれば	kon'in sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

References

“婚姻”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja in this term
婚	姻

Noun

婚姻 • (honin) (hangeul 혼인)

hanja form^? of 혼인 (“marriage; matrimony”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
婚	姻

Noun

婚姻

chữ Hán form of hôn nhân (“marriage”)