zhuì

common
verb

Meaning of 入赘

入赘 means to marry into and live with the bride's family; to become a live-in son-in-law. Pronounced rù zhuì.

  • to marry into and live with the bride's family; to become a live-in son-in-law

Definitions & Examples

jué
dìng
zhuì
dào
lín
cūn
de
Zhāng
jiā
 

He decided to marry into the Zhang family in the neighboring village.

Zài
dài
 
zhuì
de
nán
wǎng
wǎng
huì
gǎi
suí
xìng
 

In ancient times, men who married into their wives' families often changed their surnames to match their wives'.

men
jiā
méi
yǒu
ér
zi
 
suǒ
zhāo
le
zhuì
xu婿
 

Their family had no sons, so they took in a son-in-law who married into the family.

zhuì
zhè
zhǒng
hūn
zài
mǒu
xiē
shǎo
shù
mín
réng
rán
liú
xíng
 

The custom of uxorilocal marriage is still prevalent in some ethnic minority areas.