How to Say ‘He's getting married next month!’ in Simplified Chinese
他下个月结婚！
tā xià gè yuè jié hūn
[tā shyah guh yuè jiéhūn]
💬 Usage Tip: Chinese often needs no future marker. A time word like 下个月 placed before the verb is enough to show the event is coming.
Phrase Breakdown
他下个月
tā xià gè yuè
he, next month
他 (tā) means 'he', and 下个月 (xià ge yuè) means 'next month'. In Chinese, the time word comes before the verb.
他下个月来北京。
He's coming to Beijing next month.
Words in this phrase
他
tā
[tā]
he
Third-person pronoun for a male.
他在家。
He is at home.
下
xià
[shyah]
next
Indicates the following in a sequence.
下个星期见。
See you next week.
个
gè
[guh]
general measure word
个 is the most common measure word in Chinese. It is often used with nouns in everyday speech.
就这个就可以。
Just this one is fine.
月
yuè
[yuè]
month
A unit of time; also means moon.
我这个月很忙。
I'm very busy this month.
结婚！
jié hūn
is getting married!
结婚 (jiéhūn) means 'to get married'. It is a rising tone followed by a high flat tone.
他们结婚了。
They got married.
Words in this phrase
结婚
jié hūn
[jiéhūn]
to get married
Verb for marrying; it does not take a direct object (use 跟…结婚).
他们明年结婚。
They are getting married next year.
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