嫁，娶，and 结婚

In Chinese, how to say "to marry..." is gender specific. In other words, it depends on the gender of the person getting married:

• a woman can 嫁給 a man;
• a man will 娶 a woman.

For women, we use the character 嫁.  The left side is the 女 radical, meaning female and the right side of 嫁 is 家 , which means family. Thus, 嫁 indicates that a woman with go to her husband's family. For a man, we use another character 娶. On the top, 取 means "to receive, to take", and the bottom part, 女 means female. The combination of 取 and 女 shows that the man will receive the woman into his family. In a nutshell, if the subject is female, use 嫁. if the subject is male, use 娶. For example,

• Victoria嫁给了Beckham。
• Beckham娶了Victoria。

However, 结婚 is "to be married; to get married". The subject of 结婚 should be the couple. For example, Beckham和Victoria结婚了。

Please try to choose 嫁给, 娶, or 结婚 for each sentence. 

1. 老李的儿子_______了一个美国姑娘。
2. 老李的儿子和一个德国姑娘_______了。
3. 韩梅梅______了李雷。
4. 这个老人一辈子没有________。
5. 高圆圆赵又廷______。男神______了，女神______了，故事童话般完结了。

常见婚龄称谓
[yín hūn] 银婚 Silver wedding （结婚二十五周年）
[jīn hūn] 金婚 Golden wedding （结婚五十周年）
[zuàn shí hūn] 钻石婚 Diamond wedding （结婚六十周年)
[xiàng shù hūn] 橡树婚 Oak wedding （结婚八十周年）