MARRY    結婚娶／嫁

CAUSE someone to BECOME a HUSBAND OR a WIFE.
MARRIAGEGET/BE MARRIEDWEDBE WEDBECOME MAN AND WIFEINFORMAL TIE THE KNOTWALK DOWN THE AISLETAKE THE PLUNGEGET SPLICEDGET HITCHEDSAY “I DO”WEDDINGWEDDING CEREMONYMARRIAGE CEREMONYNUPTIALSUNIONWEDDING
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The general term for marriage as such is the relatively rare word hūn 婚 and the even rarer hūn yīn 婚 / 昏姻 which refer to marriage in general and not to marriage as seen from the perspective of one of the parties. 2. The general term for a man marrying a woman is qǔ 娶 (ant. chū 出 "divorce"). 3. The general term for a woman marrying a man is jià 嫁 (No antonym, since women could not seek divorce.). 4. Guī 歸 refers to a woman leaving her own clan and moving into ther husband's household. 5. Qì 妻 refers to the convention of giving away a woman in marriage to a man. 6. Shì 室 refers to the act of establishing a household through taking a wife. 7. Shì 適 refers to a woman finding a husband (no doubt as a result of a parental decision, but this is not what is focussed on here). 8. Gòu 媾 refers to double intermarriage between two clans such that a son or daughter of family X marries into family Y, and in addition another marriage is conducted so that another son or daughter from X marries another son or daughter of family Y.
黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006 HUMAN AFFAIRS 51. 昏（婚），結婚，通稱。 媾，親上加親的結婚。 配，許配，女子與男子成婚。 HUMAN AFFAIRS 51.OF WOMEN: GET MARRIED 歸，最早表示女子出嫁之詞，多用於春秋以後。 嫁，晚於 “ 歸 ” ，特指出嫁於大夫以上的男子。多用於春秋以後。 適，出嫁於士或庶人，常帶賓語 “ 人 ” 。 字，中古以後表出嫁的口語詞。 HUMAN AFFAIRS 52. OF MEN: 取（娶），取女，通稱。 尚，男子娶帝王之女為妻，專稱。
Modern Chinese Criteria
結婚 婚 成婚 婚配 完婚 成親 安家 成家 結合 拜堂 拜天地 合巹 圓房 結縭 結褵 片合 判合 辦喜事 洞房花燭 聯姻 締姻 牽絲 通婚 結親 換親 匹配 結絲蘿 通二姓之好 成秦晉之好 婚嫁 婚娶 婚媾 娶 娶親 討親 討老婆 迎娶 授室 有室 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • INCEST　MARRY OR COPULATE WITH a CLOSE RELATIVE. (anc: 18/0, child: 0)
  • POLYGAMY　 (anc: 18/0, child: 0)
Antonym
See also
  • BRIDEWOMAN who is FUTURE:about to be MARRIED to someone.
  • HUSBANDMALE ADULT MARRIED MATE.
Hypernym
  • CHOOSE　TAKE OR USE THING WHILE BELIEVING that one is ABLE to TAKE OTHER THINGS. (anc: 16/0, child: 3)
  • TAKE　OBTAIN a THING OFTEN by REMOVING it from its PLACE OR OWNER so as to HAVE it ONESELF. (anc: 15/0, child: 10)
  • OBTAIN　BEGIN to HAVE. (anc: 14/0, child: 5)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 2.34

  • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

    MARRIAGE

    coniugium is the permanent association bewteen males and females that also occurs among non-humans.

    contubernium refers to marital arrangements between slaves.

    matrimonium refers to marital arrangements between free citizens.

    nuptiae refers to the entering into marital arrangements between free citizens.

  • Traite elementaire des synonymes grecques ( DUFOUR 1910) p. 113

  • Anthologia sive Florilegium rerum et materiarum selectarum ( LANGIUS 1631) p.

    CONJUGIUM

    MARITUS

    MATRIMONIUM

    NUPTIAE

  • Tolkovo-kombinatornyj slovar' sovremmenogo russkogo jazyka. Explanatory Combinatorial Dictionary of Modern Russian ( Mel'cuk 1984) p. 163ff

  • Tolkovo-kombinatornyj slovar' sovremmenogo russkogo jazyka. Explanatory Combinatorial Dictionary of Modern Russian ( Mel'cuk 1984) p. 322

  • () p. 201

  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 3.371

  • 中國文化史三百題 ( SANBAITI 1987) p. 378+383

  • Das grosse China-Lexikon ( STAIGER 2003) p. 299

  • "Sachwoerterbuch zum Alten China" ( UNGER SACH) p.

    EHE

    EXOGAMIE

    HEIRAT

    INCEST

  • 中國文化背景八千詞 Zhongguo wenhua beijing ba qian ci ( WU SANXING 2008) p. 82ff

  • 中國文化背景八千詞 Zhongguo wenhua beijing ba qian ci ( WU SANXING 2008) p. 154

  • Using Chinese Synonyms ( GRACE ZHANG 2010) p. 228

  • Encyclopedia of Religion ( JONES 2005) p.

  • Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology ( BARNARD AND SPENCER 2002) p.

    MARRIAGE

  • Handbook of Greek Synonymes, from the French of M. Alex. Pillon, Librarian of the Bibliothèque Royale , at Paris, and one of the editors of the new edition of Plaché's Dictionnaire Grec-Français, edited, with notes, by the Rev. Thomas Kerchever Arnold, M.A. Rector of Lyndon, and late fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge ( PILLON 1850) p. no.139/40

  • A New Dictionary of Classical Greek Synonyms ( T.W.HARBSMEIER 2004) p. NO.139

  • New Dictiornary of the History of Ideas, 6 vols. ( HOROWITZ 2005) p.

  • Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography ( ROBERTS 1998) p. 553

  • Bibliographisches Handbuch zur Sprachinhaltsforschung. Teil II. Systematischer Teil. B. Ordnung nach Sinnbezirken (mit einem alphabetischen Begriffsschluessel): Der Mensch und seine Welt im Spiegel der Sprachforschung ( FRANKE 1989) p. 68B

    • Words (42 items)

    取  qǔ OC: skhoʔ MC: tshi̯o
    娶  qǔ OC: skhos MC: tshi̯o 32 Attributions

    The general term for a man marrying a woman is qǔ 娶 (ant. chū 出 "divorce").

      Word relations

      Syntactic words
    • vt(oN)marry a contextually determinate person, get married to a woman (from a place) 取於
    • vt+prep+Nget married to; take as a wife (a daughter/relative of)
    • vt+prep+N{PLACE}take a bride from Npl
    • vt[oN]marry someone; get married
    • vt[oN].cmarry (several times)
    • vtoNchoose (someone) as a wife (also for someone else! 為兒娶婦)
    • vtoNpassive(as a woman) get chosen as a wife
    妻  qì OC: tshiils MC: tshei 23 Attributions

    Qì 妻 refers to the convention of giving away a woman in marriage to a man.

      Syntactic words
    • vt(oN1.)+VtoN2marry N2 to the contextually determinate N1
    • vtoNmarry into (somebody N's family)
    • vtoNtake N as a wifeCH
    • vtoNN=bridegroommarry off to one's own daughter
    • vtoNpassivebe given a wife in marriage 可妻
    • vtt(oN1.)+N2marry the contextually determinate person N1 off to N2
    • vttoN1.post-vtoN2{OBJ}provide (someone N1) with a wife (often one's own daughter)
    • vttoN1:+vtoN2provide N1 with the wife N2; marry N1 off to N2
    • vttoN1:postvtoN2cause to take as a wife> marry (one's daughter N2) off (to someone N1), give away as a wife (one's daughter N2) to (someone N1) 以其女妻之
    嫁  jià OC: kraas MC: kɣɛ 22 Attributions

    The general term for a woman marrying a man is jià 嫁 (No antonym, since women could not seek divorce.).

      Word relations
    • Oppos: 取 / 娶/MARRY The general term for a man marrying a woman is qǔ 娶 (ant. chū 出 "divorce").
    • Oppos: 室/MARRY Shì 室 refers to the act of establishing a household through taking a wife.

      Syntactic words
    • nabmarriage, the act of getting one marriedCH
    • vadNmarried
    • vt(oN)get married off to the contextually determinate NCH
    • vt+prep+Nget married to someone from N
    • vt[oN](of women) get married; get married off
    • vt[oN]actget married to someone else
    • vtoNget married to
    • vtoN.-V[0]N=womanmarry off one's daughter to somebodyDS
    • vtoNcausativemarry off one's daughter to; marry off one's concubine
    • vtoNN=womanmarry off one's daughter or daughter-in-law
    • vtoNpassiveget married off; be married
    • vtt(oN1.)+N2marry a contextually determinate person N1 off to N2
    • vttoN1.+prep+N2marry off (sombody N1) to (somone N2)昔秦伯嫁其女於晉公子
    夫婦  fū fù OC: pa buʔ MC: pi̯o bɨu 7 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPabrelationalmarital relations
    • NPadditivehusband and wifeLZ
    婚姻  hūn yīn OC: hmuun qin MC: huo̝n ʔin
    昏姻  hūn yīn OC: hmuun qin MC: huo̝n ʔin 6 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPabactmarriage SHI; relationships by marriage
    聘  pìn OC: phleŋs MC: phiɛŋ 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vt+prep+Nask to marry a person from N (also on behalf of someone else!)
    • vt[oN]get married to someone
    • vtoNinvite to become one's wife> marry
    • vtt(oN1).+vtoN2:+vtoN3affiance the contextually determinate N1 to N2 as to become his N3DS
    歸  guī OC: klul MC: kɨi 4 Attributions

    Guī 歸 refers to a woman leaving her own clan and moving into ther husband's household.

      Syntactic words
    • vt+prep+Nbecome linked in marriage to
    • vt[oN](of woman) marry
    婚  hūn OC: hmuun MC: huo̝n
    昏  hūn OC: hmuun MC: huo̝n 3 Attributions

    The general term for marriage as such is the relatively rare word hūn 婚 and the even rarer hūn yīn 婚/昏姻 which refer to marriage in general and not to marriage as seen from the perspective of one of the parties.

      Syntactic words
    • nabactmarriage
    • vadNmarriage related
    • vibe intermarried; be related by marriage
    • viactestablish a marriage
    • vt+prep+Nenter into marriage alliance with
    • vtoNmarry into, get married to
    繼室  jì shì OC: keeɡs qhljiɡ MC: kei ɕit 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPt+.vtoN{OBJ}take N as one's new wife
    • VPt+prep+Nget remarried with N (as one's principal wife)
    奔  bēn OC: pɯɯn MC: puo̝n
    奔  bèn OC: pɯɯns MC: puo̝n 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNtake as a wife without fromal ceremony; elope with
    娉  pìng MC: phjiengH OC: phleŋs 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nabeventengagementLZ
    • vtoNget engaged with (that engagement usually being accompanied by gifts)CH
    室  shì OC: qhljiɡ MC: ɕit 2 Attributions

    Shì 室 refers to the act of establishing a household through taking a wife.

      Word relations
    • Oppos: 嫁/MARRY The general term for a woman marrying a man is jià 嫁 (No antonym, since women could not seek divorce.).

      Syntactic words
    • vt[oN]establish a family; get married
    • vtoNN=bridegroomgive N one's own daughter in marriage
    求  qiú OC: ɡu MC: gɨu 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vt(oN)ask for the contextually determinate person in marriage
    • vtoNask for in marriage (on behalf of a third person)
    取妻  qǔ qī MC: tshjuX tshej OC: skhoʔ tshiil 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPiget marriedCH
    嫁處  jià chù OC: kraas qhljas MC: kɣɛ tɕhi̯ɤ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPiactget married
    送  sòng MC: suwngH OC: sooŋs 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nabeventthe accompanying of the bride out of her homeLZ
    逆  nì MC: ngjaek OC: ŋɡlaɡ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nabeventthe welcoming of the incoming bride by the husbandLZ
    適  shì OC: qljeɡ MC: ɕiɛk 1 Attribution

    Shì 適 refers to a woman finding a husband (no doubt as a result of a parental decision, but this is not what is focussed on here).

      Syntactic words
    • vt[oN]get married
    • vtoNof woman: go out and get married to
    夫妻  fū qī MC: pju tshej OC: pa tshiil 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPhusband and wife; a married coupleDS
    娉取  pìng qǔ MC: phjiengH tshjuX OC: phleŋs skhoʔ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPt(oN)choose for marriage by formal ritual arrangements (the choice not usually being made by the groom to be)CH
    出嫁  chū jià MC: tsyhwijH kaeH OC: khljud kraas 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNmarry to NDS
    大義  dà yì MC: dajH ngjeH OC: daads ŋrals 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPabmarriage DS
    內  nèi MC: -- OC: nuubs 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nabevent= na4 納: the sending of engagement gifts and letter to the family of the brideLZ
    女  nǜ OC: nas MC: ɳi̯ɤ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vttoN1+.vtoN2omgive (someone) as one's daughter in marriage to someone contextually determinate
    聘取  pìn qǔ OC: phleŋs skhoʔ MC: phiɛŋ tshi̯o 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNresultativeinvite to marriage so as to marry> marry a woman
    出聘  chū pìn MC: tsyhwijH phjiengH OC: khljud phleŋs 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNmarry (of women)DS
    納娶  nà qǔ OC: nuub skhos MC: nəp tshi̯o 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPt(oN)find a wife for
    嫁與  jià yǔ MC: kaeH yoX OC: kraas k-laʔ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNmarry to NDS
    送  sòng MC: suwngH OC: sooŋs 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nabeventthe accompaying of the bride out of her homeLZ
    送  sòng MC: suwngH OC: sooŋs 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nabeventthe accompaying of the bride out of her homeLZ
    送  sòng MC: suwngH OC: sooŋs 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nabeventthe accompaying of the bride out of her homeLZ
    許嫁  xǔ jià OC: hŋaʔ kraas MC: hi̯ɤ kɣɛ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPt+prep+Nget promised-and-married-off to (a place)
    姻娉  yīn pìng OC: qin phleŋs MC: ʔin phiɛŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPichangebecome married, get a wife, enquire about suitable marriage partners ?? (exceedingly rare compound)
    有婚  yǒu hūn OC: ɢʷɯʔ hmuun MC: ɦɨu huo̝n 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPibe married
    嫁娶  jià qǔ OC: kraas skhos MC: kɣɛ tshi̯o 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoN?????
    姻  yīn OC: qin MC: ʔin 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nadNmarriage-related ZUO
    媾  gòu OC: koos MC: ku 0 Attributions

    Gòu 媾 refers to double intermarriage between two clans such that a son or daughter of family X marries into family Y, and in addition another marriage is conducted so that another son or daughter from X marries another son or daughter of family Y.

      Syntactic words
    • vt[oN]marry (illicitly) within one's own lineage
    嬪  pín OC: bin MC: bin 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vt[oN]marry (of a woman) SHU
    尚  shàng OC: djaŋs MC: dʑi̯ɐŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNmarry a lady of high status SHIJI: 尚秦公主 "married a Qín princess"
    嫁得  jià dé OC: kraas tɯɯɡ MC: kɣɛ tək 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNmanage to get married to (as a woman)
      Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPt(oN)choose for marriage by formal ritual arrangements (the choice not usually being made by the groom to be)CH
    立  lì OC: ɡ-rub MC: lip 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNestablish as one's main wife.