娶

qǔ

B1 Level 5

Verb

娶 (qǔ) is a Chinese word meaning “to take a wife”. It sits at TOCFL Level 5 (CEFR B1) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard.

Definition

to take a wife
to marry (a woman)

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Example

他明年要娶一位台灣的女孩。

He's going to marry a Taiwanese girl next year.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).