婚 hūn
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 女 — woman, girl
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
婚纱
hūnshā
wedding dress
Characters in this word
纱 shā
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 少 few, little
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 她没有选择昂贵的定制婚纱，而是把母亲当年的礼服重新改造。 Tā méiyǒu xuǎnzé ángguì de dìngzhì hūnshā, ér shì bǎ mǔqīn dāngnián de lǐfú chóngxīn gǎizào. She did not choose an expensive custom-made wedding dress, but instead remade her mother's old gown.
- 新娘穿着洁白的婚纱，慢慢走向舞台中央。 Xīnniáng chuān zhe jiébái de hūnshā, mànmàn zǒu xiàng wǔtái zhōngyāng. The bride, in a pure white wedding dress, slowly walked to the centre of the stage.
- 她在婚纱店试了好几件，最后选了最简单的一件。 Tā zài hūnshā diàn shì le hǎo jǐ jiàn, zuìhòu xuǎn le zuì jiǎndān de yí jiàn. She tried on several at the bridal shop and in the end chose the simplest one.
Related words
- 结婚 jiéhūn to get married
- 离婚 líhūn to divorce
- 婚礼 hūnlǐ wedding
- 订婚 dìnghūn to get engaged, to be betrothed
- 婚姻 hūnyīn marriage
- 求婚 qiúhūn to propose marriage
- 纱 shā gauze; fine yarn
- 汉服 Hànfú Hanfu; traditional Han Chinese clothing
- 兜 dōu pocket; to wrap; to go around; to take responsibility
- 服饰 fúshì clothing and accessories; apparel
- 辫子 biànzi braid; plait; pigtail
- 个头儿 gètóur size; build; stature