姻緣 [－缘]

Jyutping jan1 jyun4
Pinyin yīn yuán

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. a marriage predestined by fate
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    令​兩個​人​互相​相愛結​婚​嘅​緣​份​（​量​詞​：​段​）
    the happy fate which brings lovers together in marriage
    • 佢哋兩個最終可以走埋一齊，呢段姻緣真係羨慕死人。
      佢哋两个最终可以走埋一齐，呢段姻缘真系羡慕死人。
      keoi5 dei6 loeng5 go3 zeoi3 zung1 ho2 ji5 zau2 maai4 jat1 cai4, ni1 dyun6 jan1 jyun4 zan1 hai6 sin6 mou6 seiw jan4.
      I envy their fate which has brought them together eventually.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    happy fate which brings lovers together in marriage (Classifier: 段)
    (syn.) 因缘, 因緣, 缘分, 分缘, 緣分, 分緣
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    一般人视《铁塔凌云》、《啼笑姻缘》为广东流行曲嘅分水岭。粤语流行曲「史前史」乃系针对在此之前嘅历史。
    一般人視《鐵塔凌雲》、《啼笑姻緣》為廣東流行曲嘅分水嶺。粵語流行曲「史前史」乃係針對在此之前嘅歷史。
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  2. Cantonese
    佢哋两个最终可以走埋一齐，呢段姻缘真系羡慕死人。
    佢哋兩個最終可以走埋一齊，呢段姻緣真係羨慕死人。
    keoi5 dei6 loeng5 go3 zeoi3 zung1 ho2 ji5 zau2 maai4 jat1 cai4, ni1 dyun6 jan1 jyun4 zan1 hai6 sin6 mou6 seiw jan4.
    • I envy their fate which has brought them together eventually.
  3. Cantonese
    天赐姻缘
    天賜姻緣
    • chance to meet partner because of luck
  4. Cantonese
    以前好多少女都会用听香呢种方法去求姻缘。
    以前好多少女都會用聽香呢種方法去求姻緣。
    • Previously, many teenage girls used the way "listen incense" as the divination for asking chance of romance.