ji5 fan1已婚
Jyutpingji5 fan1
Yaleyíh fān
Definition
Married; having entered into a marriage.
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How it's used
While 已婚 is the standard term for married, it is primarily used in formal contexts such as filling out official forms or describing someone's marital status in a professional capacity. In casual, everyday speech, people almost exclusively use the verb phrase 結咗婚 to describe this state. Using 已婚 in a friendly chat can sound slightly stiff or like you are reading from a document.
Examples
He is already married, stop chasing him.
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Common mistake
Learners often try to use 已婚 as a direct adjective before a noun in casual conversation, but it sounds unnatural. It is better to use the structure 結咗婚 to describe someone's status in most social situations.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
