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婚前 meaning in English

hūnqián

premarital; prenuptial

20 strokes

Meaning of 婚前

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

hūnqián
  1. premarital
  2. prenuptial

婚前 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ的de姐jiě姐jiě结jié婚hūn前qián是shì个gè秘mì书shū.
My sister worked as a secretary before she got married.
她tā婚hūn前qián是shì布bù朗lǎng家jiā的de。
She was a Brown before her marriage.
婚hūn前qián张zhāng开kāi眼yǎn，婚hūn后hòu半bàn闭bì眼yǎn。
Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.
结jié婚hūn前qián，我wǒ管guǎn女nǚ朋péng友yǒu的de妈mā妈mā叫jiào“阿ā姨yí”，结jié婚hūn后hòu，我wǒ就jiù改gǎi叫jiào“妈mā”了le。
Before getting married, I called my girlfriend's mother "Auntie". After marriage, I started calling her "Mom" instead.

Stroke order for each character

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婚 hūn · to get married · 11 strokes

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前 qián · front · 9 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 婚前.

前天qiántiānthe day before yesterday
前边qiánbianfront; the front side
以前yǐqiánbefore; formerly
面前miànqiánin front of; facing
前年qiánniánthe year before last
结婚jiéhūnto marry; to get married
目前mùqiánat the present time; currently
前面qiánmiànahead; in front
离婚líhūnto divorce
前进qiánjìnto go forward; to forge ahead
前往qiánwǎngto leave for; to proceed towards; to go to
眼前yǎnqiánbefore one's eyes; now

Questions about 婚前

What does 婚前 mean?

婚前 (hūnqián) means "premarital; prenuptial".

How do you write 婚前?

婚前 is made of 2 characters: 婚 (11 strokes), 前 (9 strokes). That is 20 strokes in total.