"男大當婚,女大當嫁" meaning in Chinese

See 男大當婚,女大當嫁 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proverb

IPA: /nän³⁵ tä⁵¹ tɑŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ən⁵⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä⁵¹ tɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /naːm²¹ taːi̯²² tɔːŋ⁵⁵ fɐn⁵⁵ nɵy̯¹³ taːi̯²² tɔːŋ⁵⁵ kaː³³/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 男大当婚,女大当嫁 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|proverb}} 男大當婚,女大當嫁
  1. A man should get married on coming of age, and so should a girl.
    Sense id: en-男大當婚,女大當嫁-zh-proverb-MKoA4KCs Categories (other): Cantonese proverbs, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese proverbs, Mandarin proverbs, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "男大当婚,女大当嫁",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "proverb"
      },
      "expansion": "男大當婚,女大當嫁",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "senses": [
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        },
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A man should get married on coming of age, and so should a girl."
      ],
      "id": "en-男大當婚,女大當嫁-zh-proverb-MKoA4KCs",
      "links": [
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ],
        [
          "get married",
          "get married"
        ],
        [
          "coming of age",
          "coming of age"
        ],
        [
          "girl",
          "girl"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nán dà dāng hūn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nǚ dà dāng jià"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄋㄢˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄤ ㄏㄨㄣ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄋㄩˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄤ ㄐㄧㄚˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "naam⁴ daai⁶ dong¹ fan¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "neoi⁵ daai⁶ dong¹ gaa³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nán dà dāng hūn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nǚ dà dāng jià"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄋㄢˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄤ ㄏㄨㄣ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄋㄩˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄤ ㄐㄧㄚˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nán dà dang hun"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nyǔ dà dang jià"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nan² ta⁴ tang¹ hun¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nü³ ta⁴ tang¹ chia⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nán dà dāng hwūn-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nyǔ dà dāng jyà"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nan dah dang huen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "neu dah dang jiah"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nanʹ da dan xunʹ, njuj da dan czja",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "нань да дан хунь"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nanʹ da dan xunʹ, njuj da dan czja",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "нюй да дан цзя"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nän³⁵ tä⁵¹ tɑŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ən⁵⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä⁵¹ tɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "naam⁴ daai⁶ dong¹ fan¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "neoi⁵ daai⁶ dong¹ gaa³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nàahm daaih dōng fān"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "néuih daaih dōng ga"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "naam⁴ daai⁶ dong¹ fan¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "noey⁵ daai⁶ dong¹ gaa³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nam⁴ dai⁶ dong¹ fen¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nêu⁵ dai⁶ dong¹ ga³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/naːm²¹ taːi̯²² tɔːŋ⁵⁵ fɐn⁵⁵ nɵy̯¹³ taːi̯²² tɔːŋ⁵⁵ kaː³³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "男大當婚,女大當嫁"
}
{
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    {
      "form": "男大当婚,女大当嫁",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
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      },
      "expansion": "男大當婚,女大當嫁",
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "zh",
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        "Cantonese proverbs",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese proverbs",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 大",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 女",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 婚",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 嫁",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 男",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 當",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin proverbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A man should get married on coming of age, and so should a girl."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ],
        [
          "get married",
          "get married"
        ],
        [
          "coming of age",
          "coming of age"
        ],
        [
          "girl",
          "girl"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nán dà dāng hūn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nǚ dà dāng jià"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄋㄢˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄤ ㄏㄨㄣ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄋㄩˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄤ ㄐㄧㄚˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "naam⁴ daai⁶ dong¹ fan¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "neoi⁵ daai⁶ dong¹ gaa³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nán dà dāng hūn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nǚ dà dāng jià"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄋㄢˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄤ ㄏㄨㄣ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄋㄩˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄤ ㄐㄧㄚˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nán dà dang hun"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nyǔ dà dang jià"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nan² ta⁴ tang¹ hun¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nü³ ta⁴ tang¹ chia⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nán dà dāng hwūn-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nyǔ dà dāng jyà"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nan dah dang huen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "neu dah dang jiah"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nanʹ da dan xunʹ, njuj da dan czja",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "нань да дан хунь"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nanʹ da dan xunʹ, njuj da dan czja",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "нюй да дан цзя"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nän³⁵ tä⁵¹ tɑŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ən⁵⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä⁵¹ tɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "naam⁴ daai⁶ dong¹ fan¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "neoi⁵ daai⁶ dong¹ gaa³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nàahm daaih dōng fān"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "néuih daaih dōng ga"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "naam⁴ daai⁶ dong¹ fan¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "noey⁵ daai⁶ dong¹ gaa³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nam⁴ dai⁶ dong¹ fen¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nêu⁵ dai⁶ dong¹ ga³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/naːm²¹ taːi̯²² tɔːŋ⁵⁵ fɐn⁵⁵ nɵy̯¹³ taːi̯²² tɔːŋ⁵⁵ kaː³³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "男大當婚,女大當嫁"
}

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