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娶
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Definitions
- 1. to take a wife
- 2. to marry (a woman)
Example Sentences
1 shownGeorge 娶 了我妹妹。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 娶
a bachelor
to take a wife
(of a groom) to fetch one's bride from her parents' home to escort her to the wedding ceremony
not yet married
to remarry
to get oneself a wife
formal betrothal (in which the boy's family sends presents to the girl's family)
marriage
to take a wife
to be officially wed