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订婚

dìng hūn · ding hun

Traditional 訂婚

HSK 7–9

Meaning

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  1. to get engaged
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An engagement gift

  1. Dengdeng

    琦琦(qíqí)要(yào)订婚(dìnghūn)了(le)！

    Qiqi is getting engaged!

  2. Liangliang

    真的(zhēnde)吗(ma)？和(hé)谁(shéi)？

    Really? To whom?

  3. Dengdeng

    和(hé)她(tā)的(de)大学(dàxué)同学(tóngxué)，他们(tāmen)认识(rènshi)十年(shínián)了(le)。

    To her university classmate. They've known each other for ten years.

  4. Liangliang

    订婚(dìnghūn)的(de)时候(shíhou)，我们(wǒmen)送(sòng)什么(shénme)？

    What do we give when they get engaged?

  5. Dengdeng

    送(sòng)红包(hóngbāo)吧(ba)，订婚(dìnghūn)是(shì)大事(dàshì)。

    Give a red envelope. An engagement is a big deal.

  6. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)只有(zhǐyǒu)二十块(èrshíkuài)，那(nà)我(wǒ)多(duō)送(sòng)一首(yīshǒu)歌(gē)吧(ba)。

    I only have twenty yuan, so I'll add a song.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

吉(jí)儿(ér)和(hé)杰(jié)克(kè)订(dìng)婚(hūn)了(le)。

Jill is engaged to Jack.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Martha · English by CN · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)们(men)打(dǎ)算(suàn)明(míng)年(nián)春(chūn)天(tiān)订(dìng)婚(hūn)。

They plan to get engaged next spring.

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