婚礼

• 拼音: hūn lǐ
• 汉字拆解: 婚 = 女 (woman) + 昏 (dusk, phonetic) — anciently marriages took place at dusk; 礼 = 礻(altar) + 豊 (ritual vessel) — a formal ceremony

含义

Wedding ceremony; wedding. The formal ceremony in which two people get married.

Refers specifically to the wedding ceremony itself, not the entire marriage process. Common collocations include 参加婚礼 (attend a wedding), 举办婚礼 (hold a wedding), 婚礼现场 (wedding venue), and 婚礼请柬 (wedding invitation). Chinese weddings often feature red decorations, banquets, and traditional customs.

例句

1. 他们打算明年春天举办婚礼。
2. 上周末我参加了朋友的婚礼。
3. 她的婚礼非常浪漫，来了很多客人。

用法指南

语境: social, celebration, family

语气: festive

正确说法

• 恭喜你们！婚礼什么时候举行？(Congratulations! When is the wedding?)
• 我被邀请参加他们的婚礼。(I was invited to attend their wedding.)

错误说法

• 他们的婚礼已经三年了 (Don't use 婚礼 to refer to the duration of a marriage — use 结婚; 婚礼 is the one-day ceremony, not the ongoing marriage)

起源与历史

婚 (hūn, marriage) + 礼 (lǐ, ceremony/ritual) — literally 'marriage ceremony,' the ritual celebration of a union.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal