婚礼誓言

婚禮誓言

hūnlǐ shìyán

noun

Meanings

1 wedding vows

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

他在婚礼上念了一段自己写的婚礼誓言。

Tā zài hūnlǐ shàng niàn le yí duàn zìjǐ xiě de hūnlǐ shìyán.

He read out wedding vows he'd written himself at the ceremony.

HSK 7-9

新娘一边说婚礼誓言一边流泪。

Xīnniáng yìbiān shuō hūnlǐ shìyán yìbiān liúlèi.

The bride cried while saying her vows.

Tips

culture

Traditional Chinese weddings centered on ritual bows (拜天地) rather than spoken vows. Personal, Western-style 婚礼誓言 have become standard in modern Chinese ceremonies since roughly the 2000s.

Stroke Order

婚 hūn

礼 lǐ

誓 shì

言 yán