形婚

Chinese

		to appear; to look; form to appear; to look; form; shape	to marry; marriage; wedding to marry; marriage; wedding; to take a wife
trad. (形婚)		形	婚
simp. ^#(形婚)		形	婚

Etymology

Short for 形式婚姻 (xíngshì hūnyīn).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xínghūn

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jing⁴ fan¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xínghūn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sínghun
  - Wade–Giles: hsing²-hun¹
  - Yale: syíng-hwūn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shynghuen
  - Palladius: синхунь (sinxunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ³⁵ xu̯ən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jing⁴ fan¹
  - Yale: yìhng fān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jing⁴ fan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ying⁴ fen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ²¹ fɐn⁵⁵/

Noun

形婚

(neologism) sham marriage (especially a marriage between a gay man and a lesbian woman arranged in response to parental expectations of a conventional marriage)

Synonyms

互助婚姻 (hùzhù hūnyīn)
形式婚姻 (xíngshì hūnyīn)

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