Jie Hun 结婚- Daily Mandarin Lesson

Perhaps due to the importance of family in Chinese culture, everyone is interested in who is married and who is not. If you visit a Mandarin-speaking country, you will likely be asked if you are married.

The Mandarin Chinese phrase for “married” is jié hūn which has two characters: 結婚. The first character, jié, means “knot,” “bond,” or “to bind.” The second character, hūn, means “to marry” or “marriage.” The literal translation of jié hūn is “to tie in marriage.”
Examples of Jie Hun

    Nǐ jiéhūn le ma?
    你結婚了嗎?
    你结婚了吗?
    Are you married?

    Tā gēn Lĭ Měi Róu jiéhūn.
    他跟李美柔結婚｡
    他跟李美柔结婚｡
    He is married to Mei Rou Lee.