嫁娶

Chinese

		marry (a husband)	take a wife
trad. (嫁娶)		嫁	娶
simp. #(嫁娶)		嫁	娶
alternative forms		嫁取

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiàqǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˋ ㄑㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa³ ceoi² / gaa³ ceoi³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kè-chhōa / kèe-chhōa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiàqǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˋ ㄑㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiàcyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chia⁴-chʻü³
    • Yale: jyà-chyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiahcheu
    • Palladius: цзяцюй (czjacjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaa³ ceoi² / gaa³ ceoi³
    • Yale: ga chéui / ga cheui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa³ tsoey² / gaa³ tsoey³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga³ cêu² / ga³ cêu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː³³ t͡sʰɵy̯³⁵/, /kaː³³ t͡sʰɵy̯³³/

Note: gaa3 ceoi3 - literary.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kè-chhōa
    • Tâi-lô: kè-tshuā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: keazhoa
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /ke²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰua²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /ke²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰua³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /ke¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰua³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ke⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰua⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kèe-chhōa
    • Tâi-lô: kèe-tshuā
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɛ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰua²²/

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• Middle Chinese: kaeH tshjuH

Rime
Character	嫁	娶
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	古訝切	七句切
Baxter	kaeH	tshjuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠaH/	/t͡sʰɨoH/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚaH/	/t͡sʰioH/
Shao Rongfen	/kaH/	/t͡sʰioH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨH/	/t͡sʰuə̆H/
Li Rong	/kaH/	/t͡sʰioH/
Wang Li	/kaH/	/t͡sʰĭuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kaH/	/t͡sʰi̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jià	qù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaa3	ceoi3

Verb

嫁娶

1. to marry; to wed (generally speaking, whether to husband or wife)

Synonyms

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• 交姻 (jiāo yīn) (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)
• 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)
• 結婚 / 结婚
• 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
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	結婚
	Dongguan	結婚
	Sarikei (Xinhui)	交寅, 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

Noun

嫁娶

1. (Hokkien) marriage; matrimony

Synonyms

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

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (嫁娶):

• → Japanese: 嫁(か)娶(しゅ) (kashu)
• → Vietnamese: giá thú (嫁娶)