Same-surname marriage

Same-surname marriage
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese同姓不婚
Literal meaningSame surname, no marriage
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyintóng xìng bù hūn
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanizationtùhng sing bāt fān
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabetMiễn là cùng họ
Korean name
Hangul동성동본
Hanja同姓同本
Literal meaningSame surname, same ancestor
Japanese name
Kanji同姓不婚

Same-surname marriage is the marriage of two people of the same surname. Historically, same-surname marriage was considered a taboo or prohibited in China and other East Asian cultures influenced by China.

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