求婚者

qiúhūnzhě

noun

Meanings

1 suitor
2 person proposing marriage

Characters

-er (one who...)

Examples

HSK 2

她的求婚者排了一长队。

Tā de qiúhūnzhě pái le yì cháng duì.

Her suitors lined up in a long queue.

HSK 5

她拒绝了所有的求婚者。

Tā jùjué le suǒyǒu de qiúhūnzhě.

She turned down all the suitors.

Tips

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求婚者 is slightly literary / formal - common in novels, fairy tales, news headlines. In everyday speech you'd more likely hear 追求者 (admirer/pursuer) for someone wooing you, with 求婚 reserved for the moment of actually proposing.

Stroke Order

求 qiú

婚 hūn

者 zhě