- Home
- Dictionary
- 订婚
订婚
dìng hūn
Meaning
- to get engaged
Definition
男女双方为确立婚姻关系而举行的仪式或约定。
An engagement ceremony or agreement between a man and a woman to establish a marital relationship.
Usage
通常用于描述两个人决定结婚并告知亲友的正式场合，常用搭配有‘订婚仪式’、‘订婚戒指’等。
Usually used to describe the formal occasion when two people decide to get married and inform relatives and friends. Common collocations include 'engagement ceremony' and 'engagement ring'.
Examples
- 1 他们上个月订婚了，计划明年结婚。 (They got engaged last month and plan to marry next year.)
- 2 订婚戒指上镶着一颗大钻石。 (The engagement ring is set with a large diamond.)
- 3 他们的订婚仪式在酒店举行，邀请了亲朋好友。 (Their engagement ceremony was held at a hotel, inviting relatives and friends.)
- 4 她戴着订婚戒指，满脸幸福。 (She wore her engagement ring with a happy face.)
- 5 订婚之后，他们开始筹备婚礼。 (After the engagement, they started preparing for the wedding.)
Put it into practice
Exam-style HSK drills with instant scoring and explanations.
Find my HSK level
Free · about 3 minutes · no account needed
Look up words like this on any website
The free HSK Training extension shows pinyin, meaning and HSK level when you hover Chinese text — anywhere on the web.