姻 yīn relatives by marriage
怎么记住“姻”: 女 woman + 因 because = relatives by marriage. The newly married woman sets forty places at the Christmas table because suddenly she has dozens of relatives by marriage.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
姻 = 女 woman + 因 because
- 女 woman meaning
- 因 because meaning + sound
- 囗 enclosure
- 大 big
The newly married woman sets forty places at the Christmas table because suddenly she has dozens of relatives by marriage.
How it came to be
The woman gives the meaning and the right part the sound.
用法
- Bound morpheme for marriage ties, essentially only in 婚姻 (hūnyīn) marriage (as an institution/relationship): 婚姻幸福 (hūnyīn xìngfú) a happy marriage.
- 姻缘 (yīnyuán) = a marriage predestined by fate. Contrast 结婚 (jiéhūn, the act of getting married): 婚姻 is the marital bond itself.
含“姻”的词语
例句
- 她很羡慕好朋友的幸福婚姻。 Tā hěn xiànmù hǎo péngyou de xìngfú hūnyīn.She admires/envies her good friend's happy marriage.