交姻

Chinese

Etymology 1
 
to deliver; to turn over; to make friends
to deliver; to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); to pay (money)
 marriage connections
trad. (交姻) 交 姻
simp. #(交姻) 交 姻

Phono-semantic matching of Malay kahwin (“to marry”).

Verb

交姻

  1. Alternative form of 交寅 (“to marry”)

Etymology 2
 
to deliver; to turn over; to make friends
to deliver; to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); to pay (money)
 marriage connections
trad. (交姻) 交 姻
simp. #(交姻) 交 姻

Verb

交姻

  1. (American (–1980) Cantonese) to marry

References
  • Lorraine Dong, Marlon K. Hom (1980) “Chinatown Chinese: The San Francisco Dialect”, in Amerasia‎, page 23
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