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    Expressing 'to get married' with 结婚 (jiéhūn)

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    Structure

    跟 + Person + 结婚

    Explanation

    结婚 (jiéhūn) means 'to get married' and functions as a verb-object compound in Chinese. Because it already contains its own object (婚), it cannot take a direct object; instead, you say 跟某人结婚 (marry someone) using the preposition 跟. For example, 在今天结婚 means 'to get married today.'

    Examples

    • 他们打算明年春天结婚。

      tāmen dǎsuàn míngnián chūntiān jiéhūn.

      They plan to get married next spring.

    • 她跟大学同学结婚了。

      tā gēn dàxué tóngxué jiéhūn le.

      She married her college classmate.

    • 我姐姐下个月要结婚了，全家都很高兴。

      wǒ jiějie xià gè yuè yào jiéhūn le, quánjiā dōu hěn gāoxìng.

      My older sister is getting married next month, and the whole family is very happy.

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