姻
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yīn · relatives by marriage

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9Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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女Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 姻

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Example sentences

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Néng gào sù wǒ nǐ de hūn yīn zhuàng kuàng ma?能告诉我你的婚姻状况吗?

Can you tell me about your marital status?

Source: Tatoeba #4313856 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ de fù qīn fǎn duì wǒ mén de hūn yīn.我的父親反對我們的婚姻。

My father objected to our marriage.

Source: Tatoeba #862740 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Hūn yīn shì zào chéng lí hūn de zhǔ yīn.婚姻是造成離婚的主因。

Marriage is the main cause of divorce.

Source: Tatoeba #3718950 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Hūn yīn zǒu guò shí gè nián tóu yí qiè zhǐshì lì xíng gōng shì.婚姻走过十个年头一切只是例行公事。

Ten years after the wedding, everything is just routine.

Source: Tatoeba #4549645 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā de hūn yīn guān hěn jī xíng.他的婚姻觀很畸形。

His view on marriage is abnormal.

Source: Tatoeba #6452361 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Yǒu xiē rén hài pà hūn yīn.有些人害怕婚姻。

Marriage frightens some people.

Source: Tatoeba #899973 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 姻 in context

  1. Say yīn, then recall the core meaning: relatives by marriage.
  2. Write all 9 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Use it in 婚姻 (hūn yīn), meaning “marriage”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 姻 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.