婚礼誓言

婚禮誓言

hūnlǐ shìyán

noun

Meanings

1 wedding vows

Characters

Examples

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.

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