订 dìng
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 丁 nail
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
订婚
dìnghūn
to get engaged, to be betrothed
Characters in this word
婚 hūn
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 女 — woman, girl
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他们订婚后并没有急着办婚礼，而是先一起规划未来。 Tāmen dìnghūn hòu bìng méiyǒu jízhe bàn hūnlǐ, ér shì xiān yìqǐ guīhuà wèilái. After getting engaged, they did not rush to hold a wedding, but first planned their future together.
- 他们在去年春天订婚，打算明年结婚。 Tāmen zài qùnián chūntiān dìnghūn, dǎsuàn míngnián jiéhūn. They got engaged last spring and plan to marry next year.
- 听说你姐姐昨天订婚了，真替她高兴！ Tīngshuō nǐ jiějie zuótiān dìnghūn le, zhēn tì tā gāoxìng! I heard your sister got engaged yesterday, I'm so happy for her!
Related words
- 订 dìng to book; to order
- 预订 yùdìng to reserve
- 制订 zhìdìng to draw up; to make
- 签订 qiāndìng to sign; to conclude an agreement
- 订单 dìngdān order form, purchase order
- 修订 xiūdìng to revise
- 订购 dìnggòu to order; to purchase by order
- 订立 dìnglì to conclude; to draw up; to enter into
- 订阅 dìngyuè to subscribe
- 结婚 jiéhūn to get married
- 离婚 líhūn to divorce
- 婚礼 hūnlǐ wedding