姻緣

See also: 姻缘

Chinese

		marriage connections	along; predestined affinity; reason along; predestined affinity; reason; edge
trad. (姻緣)		姻	緣
simp. (姻缘)		姻	缘

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīnyuán

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄣㄩㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jan¹ jyun⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yîn-yèn / yîn-yàn
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): in-iân / im-iân
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹in-yoe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīnyuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄣㄩㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yinyuán
  - Wade–Giles: yin¹-yüan²
  - Yale: yīn-ywán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: inyuan
  - Palladius: иньюань (inʹjuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    因緣 / 因缘
    姻緣 / 姻缘
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jan¹ jyun⁴
  - Yale: yān yùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan¹ jyn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yen¹ yun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn⁵⁵ jyːn²¹/
  - Homophones:
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    因緣 / 因缘
    姻緣 / 姻缘
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yîn-yèn
  - Hakka Romanization System: in^ˊ ien^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yin¹ yan²
  - Sinological IPA: /in²⁴ i̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yîn-yàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)in^ˊ (r)ian^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yin¹ yan²
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)in²⁴ (j)i̯an¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: in-iân
  - Tâi-lô: in-iân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: in'ieen
  - IPA (Taipei): /in⁴⁴⁻³³ iɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /in³³ iɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /in⁴⁴⁻²² iɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /in⁴⁴⁻²² iɛn¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /in⁴⁴⁻³³ iɛn²³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: im-iân
  - Tâi-lô: im-iân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: im'ieen
  - IPA (Taipei): /im⁴⁴⁻³³ iɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /im⁴⁴⁻³³ iɛn²³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹in-yoe
  - MiniDict: in^平 yoe
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹in-hhyoe
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /in⁵⁵ ɦyø²¹/

Noun

姻緣

happy fate which brings lovers together in marriage (Classifier: 段)
- 2014, “姻緣天註定”‎^[1]performed by 郭婷筠 and 蔡佳麟:
  
  這段姻緣是天註定。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  这段姻缘是天注定。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  Chit tōaⁿ im-iân sī thiⁿ chù-tiāⁿ. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  This marriage is predestined.

Synonyms

(literary) 分緣／分缘 (fènyuán)
因緣／因缘 (yīnyuán)
緣分／缘分 (yuánfèn)

Derived terms

三笑姻緣 / 三笑姻缘
五百姻緣天註定 / 五百姻缘天注定
兩世姻緣 / 两世姻缘
前世姻緣 / 前世姻缘
千里姻緣一線牽 / 千里姻缘一线牵 (qiānlǐ yīnyuán yīxiàn qiān)
好姻緣 / 好姻缘
姻緣簿 / 姻缘簿
醒世姻緣傳 / 醒世姻缘传
露水姻緣 / 露水姻缘