娶
Ancient forms
2 formsGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
qǔ qu3
- to take a wife
- to marry (a woman)
Example sentences
- He decided to marry her.
Words with 娶
- 娶亲 qǔqīn to take a wife
- 续娶 xùqǔ to remarry
- 迎娶 yíngqǔ (of a groom) to fetch one's bride from her parents' home to escort her to the wedding ceremony
- 娶妻 qǔqī to take a wife
- 嫁娶 jiàqǔ marriage
- 聘娶婚 pìnqǔhūn formal betrothal (in which the boy's family sends presents to the girl's family)
- 娶媳妇 qǔxífù to get oneself a wife
- 明媒正娶 míngméizhèngqǔ to be officially wed