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娶

qǔ
HSK 2.0 Level 5 HSK 3.0 Level 6 Verb Common

Definitions

  1. 1. to take a wife
  2. 2. to marry (a woman)

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Character focus

Stroke order

11 strokes

Word relationships

Counterparts

1 item
嫁
jià

(of a woman) to marry

嫁给 (of a woman) to marry a man

Related words

1 item
结婚
jié hūn

to marry

to get married (general, mutual action)

Usage notes

Common mistakes

Use 娶 only when a man marries a woman; the woman 'marries' the man with 嫁.

Formality

娶 is neutral but rarely used in direct 'I marry you' declarations; 结婚 is more common in everyday speech.

Example Sentences

2 shown
他想 娶 她为妻。
He wants to marry her as his wife.
George 娶 了我妹妹。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 401122)

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Words Containing 娶

娶妻
qǔ qī

to take a wife

娶媳妇
qǔ xí fù

to get oneself a wife

娶亲
qǔ qīn

to take a wife

嫁娶
jià qǔ

marriage

明媒正娶
míng méi zhèng qǔ

to be officially wed

未娶
wèi qǔ

a bachelor

未娶妻
wèi qǔ qī

not yet married

续娶
xù qǔ

to remarry

聘娶婚
pìn qǔ hūn

formal betrothal (in which the boy's family sends presents to the girl's family)

迎娶
yíng qǔ

(of a groom) to fetch one's bride from her parents' home to escort her to the wedding ceremony