迎娶

Chinese

		to welcome	take a wife
trad. (迎娶)		迎	娶
simp. #(迎娶)		迎	娶

Pronunciation

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• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yíngqǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˊ ㄑㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jing⁴ ceoi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gêng-chhōa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yíngqǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˊ ㄑㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yíngcyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ying²-chʻü³
    • Yale: yíng-chyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yngcheu
    • Palladius: инцюй (incjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jing⁴ ceoi²
    • Yale: yìhng chéui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jing⁴ tsoey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ying⁴ cêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ²¹ t͡sʰɵy̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gêng-chhōa
    • Tâi-lô: gîng-tshuā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gengzhoa
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰua²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰua⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡiɪŋ¹³⁻²² t͡sʰua²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰua³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡiɪŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰua³³/

Verb

迎娶

1. (of the groom or his family) to escort the bride to the wedding ceremony; to go to fetch the bride
2. (figurative) to take as one's wife; to marry (a girl)