Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
通婚
tōnghūn
Description
通婚就是不同的家族、民族或者国家的人互相结婚。
"通婚" means marriage between people from different families, ethnic groups, or countries.
以前有些地方不让不同民族的人通婚，现在这种情况少多了。
In the past, some places did not allow people of different ethnicities to "通婚", but now this is much less common.
Meanings
通婚tōnghūn
to intermarry (between groups, ethnicities, or families)
两个民族早就开始互相通婚了。
The two ethnic groups have long intermarried.
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Notes
- Etymology
通 (to connect, pass between) + 婚 (marriage) = marriage across groups.
- Nuance
usually means marriage between different ethnic groups, families, or nations, not two individuals dating.
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