# 結婚
## Chinese

* 結婚 (Cantonese)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): jiéhūn
       (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄏㄨㄣ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): jie$^2$ hun$^1$
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): jiěhǔn
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): җехун (ži͡əhun, I-I)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): git$^3$ fan$^1$
    (Dongguan, Jyutping++): git$^8$ fan$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): get$^2$ fun$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): jiet$^6$ 'fiin$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): kiet-fûn / kiat-fûn
    (Hailu, HRS): gied fun$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): giad$^5$ fun$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): jieh$^4$ hung$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): giék-huŏng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): geh$^6$ hong$^1$ / geh$^6$ huong$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kiat-hun
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gag$^4$ hung$^1$
* Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): gyut$^2$ wan$^1$
* Wu (Wugniu)
** (Northern): $^7$ciq-huen$_1$
** (Jinhua): $^7$ciq-huen$_1$
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): jie$^6$ fen$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiéhūn
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄏㄨㄣ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiéhun
*** Wade–Giles: chieh$^2$-hun$^1$
*** Yale: jyé-hwūn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyehuen
*** Palladius: цзехунь (czexunʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ xu̯ən⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: jie$^2$ hun$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: giexun
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕiɛ²¹ xuən⁵⁵/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: jiěhǔn [Phonetic: jiéhǔn]
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕiɛ²¹⁻²⁴ xuẽ²¹/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: җехун (ži͡əhun, I-I)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕiə²⁴ xuŋ²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: git$^3$ fan$^1$
*** Yale: git fān
*** Cantonese Pinyin: git$^8$ fan$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gid$^3$ fen$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kiːt̚³ fɐn⁵⁵/
** (Dongguan, Guancheng)
*** Jyutping++: git$^8$ fan$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kit̚²² fɐn²¹³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: get$^2$ fun$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ket̚⁵⁵ fun³³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: jiet$^6$ 'fiin$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕiɛt̚⁵ ˈfɨn⁴²/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiet-fûn
*** Hakka Romanization System: gied$^ˋ$ fun$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: giad$^5$ fun$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki̯et̚² fun²⁴/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiat-fûn
*** Hakka Romanization System: giad$^ˋ$ fun$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: giad$^5$ fun$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki̯at̚² fun²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: gied fun$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /kiet⁵⁻² fun⁵³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: giad$^5$ fun$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /kiat̚¹ fun⁴⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: jieh$^4$ hung$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕiəʔ²⁻⁵⁴ xuŋ¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: giék-huŏng
*** Sinological IPA : /kieʔ²⁴⁻²¹ huoŋ⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: geh$^6$ hong$^1$ [Phonetic: geh$^7$ hong$^1$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: geh-heong
*** Sinological IPA : /kɛʔ¹⁻⁴⁵ hɔŋ⁵³³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: geh$^6$ huong$^1$ [Phonetic: geh$^7$ huong$^1$]
*** Sinological IPA : /kɛʔ²⁻²⁴ huoŋ⁵³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Longyan, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiat-hun
*** Tâi-lô: kiat-hun
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kiathwn
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ hun³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ hun⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Longyan): /kiɛt̚⁵⁻³⁴ hun³³⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɛt̚³²⁻⁵ hun⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: gag$^4$ hung$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kak hung
*** Sinological IPA : /kak̚²⁻⁴ huŋ³³/
* Southern Pinghua
** (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
*** Jyutping++: gyut$^2$ wan$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kyt̚³³ βən⁵³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai, Hangzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^7$ciq-huen$_1$
*** MiniDict: cih$^入$ huen$^平$
*** MiniDict: cieh$^入$ huen$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^4$jiq-hun$_1$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕiɪʔ³³ huən⁴⁴/
*** Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /t͡ɕiəʔ³³ hun³⁴/
** (Jinhua)
*** Wugniu: $^7$ciq-huen$_1$
*** Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /t͡ɕiəʔ⁴⁴ huəŋ⁵⁵/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: jie$^6$ fen$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯e̞²⁴ ɸən³³/
* 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 | git$^3$ | fan$^1$ |

### Verb

結⫽婚 (verb-object)
* (intransitive) to get married; to marry
    近親結婚／近亲结婚 ― jìnqīn jiéhūn ― consanguineous marriage
       Tā xiǎng wèile ài ér jiéhūn, ér bùshì wèile qián. [Pinyin]
       She wants to marry for love, not for money.
       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

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

* → 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: [ke̞k̚kõ̞ɴ]

### Noun

結(けっ)婚(こん) • (kekkon)
* 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))
* get married

#### Conjugation

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 ||||

#### References

* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 結 | 婚 |

### Noun

結婚 • (gyeolhon) (hangeul 결혼)
* hanja form of 결혼 (“marriage”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 結 | 婚 |

### Noun

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