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嫁

jià

to marry

Two people in wedding clothes walk hand in hand
Memory picture

Character

嫁 jià

Strokes
13
Radical
女 — woman, girl
Made of
女 woman, girl 家 house, home, residence
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 她并不急着嫁人,而是想先完成自己的学业。 Tā bìng bù jí zhe jià rén, ér shì xiǎng xiān wánchéng zìjǐ de xuéyè. She is not in a hurry to marry; she wants to finish her studies first.
  • 她明年要嫁给大学时认识的同学。 Tā míngnián yào jià gěi dàxué shí rènshi de tóngxué. Next year she will marry a classmate she met at university.
  • 姐姐嫁到了很远的城市,每年只能回家一次。 Jiějie jià dào le hěn yuǎn de chéngshì, měi nián zhǐ néng huí jiā yí cì. My older sister married and moved to a faraway city, so she can only come home once a year.

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