门当户对
mén dāng hù duì
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Traditional: 門當戶對
Describes two families of similar social and economic standing, which traditionally makes a marriage between them a suitable match. Used when people discuss choosing a partner or approving a marriage.
Chỉ hai gia đình tương xứng về địa vị và gia cảnh nên được coi là hợp để kết thông gia. Thường dùng khi bàn chuyện chọn bạn đời, cưới hỏi.
Register: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 061 (2026-11-13). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ · Vietnamese cognate: Idiomer entry “môn đương hộ đối” (mon-dang-ho-doi). Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Equivalents & related
Common questions
What does “门当户对” mean?
Describes two families of similar social and economic standing, which traditionally makes a marriage between them a suitable match. Used when people discuss choosing a partner or approving a marriage. Literally: gates matched, doors paired
Is “门当户对” formal or informal?
门当户对 is generally neutral.