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奉子成婚 (fung6 zi2 sing4 fan1) — a shotgun marriage/wedding, a marriage forced due to unplanned pregnancy, sometime to hide the fact that a child was conceived out of wedlock in Cantonese

fungˍ₆奉ziˊ²子singˎ₄成fanˉ¹婚
Mandarin Pinyin: feng4 zi3 cheng2 hun1

Meaning of 奉子成婚

nouna shotgun marriage/wedding, a marriage forced due to unplanned pregnancy, sometime to hide the fact that a child was conceived out of wedlock

Example Sentences with 奉子成婚

fungˍ₆奉ziˊ²子singˎ₄成gwan1,婚，mˎ₄唔haiˍ₆係manˍ₆問tai4.題。
Getting married due to pregnancy is not a problem.
keoiˏ₅佢deiˍ₆哋fungˍ₆奉ziˊ²子singˎ₄成gwanˉ¹婚ze1.啫。
They just got married because of a pregnancy.
keoiˏ₅佢deiˍ₆哋fungˍ₆奉ziˊ²子singˎ₄成gwanˉ¹婚wo3.喎。
They're getting married because of a pregnancy.
gamˊ²咁faai˗₃快zauˍ₆就fungˍ₆奉ziˊ²子singˎ₄成gwan1?婚？
Married already because of a pregnancy? So fast?
fungˍ₆奉ziˊ²子singˎ₄成gwanˉ¹婚houˊ²好pingˎ₄平soeng4.常。
Getting married due to pregnancy is quite common.
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Characters in 奉子成婚

奉fung6
believe in (religion, etc)
子zi2
(noun) 1. son; 2. offspring; (adjective) 1. subsidiary; (noun) one of the Earthly Branches
成sing4
one tenth; 10 per cent
婚fan1
a marriage; a wedding

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