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娶
qǔ
Main
English Definitionto take a wife; to marry (a woman)
Simplified Script娶
Traditional ScriptSame
Pinyinqǔ
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)		Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo) ㄑㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping)ceoi2
Part of Speech(动) verb
Proficiency Test LevelHSK.v3=7 TOCFL=6

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Words With Same Head Word    
娶媳妇qǔ xífùto get oneself a wife; to take a daughter-in-law
娶老婆qǔ lǎopóto take one as wife
娶妻qǔqīto take a wife; to get married (man)
娶亲qǔqīnto take a wife
娶到qǔdàoto get a wife; to marry
Words With Same Tail Word    
迎娶yíngqǔ(of a groom) to escort the bride to the wedding ceremony; fig. to take as one's wife; to marry
嫁娶jiàqǔmarriage
明媒正娶míng méi zhèng qǔto be officially wed
续娶xùqǔto remarry
未娶wèiqǔa bachelor; an unmarried man
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