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7-9

to marry

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

jia4 jià

Meaning


Primary

to marry

Alternatives

marry, marries, married, marrying

Hint

This word specifically refers to a woman marrying a man, as in giving one's hand in marriage.

Mnemonic


[ji-] Jimmy Neutron is in the [4] bathroom of the [-a] auditorium where he comes across some actors practicing a scene in a play. A 女 woman is in front of a 宀 dollhouse near one of the stalls, and out comes a 豕 pig that the 女 woman then 嫁 marries. Jimmy wonders why they are practicing in the bathroom, and why the 女 woman wants 嫁 to marry the 豕 pig.

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