戰前 [战－]

Jyutping zin3 cin4
Pinyin zhàn qián

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adj, attributive
    prewar
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    我阿爷二战前移民嚟香港。
    我阿爺二戰前移民嚟香港。
    ngo5 aa3 je4 ji6 zin3 cin4 ji4 man4 lai4 hoeng1 gong2.
    • My grandfather immigrated to Hong Kong before the 2nd World War.
  2. Cantonese
    战前村民烧火水灯照明。
    戰前村民燒火水燈照明。
    zin3 cin4 cyun1 man4 siu1 fo2 seoi2 dang1 ziu3 ming4.
    • Before the war, villagers used kerosene lamps for lighting.
  3. Cantonese
    二战前，政府喺本港多个地方都兴建咗防空洞。
    二戰前，政府喺本港多個地方都興建咗防空洞。
    ji6 zin3 cin4, zing3 fu2 hai2 bun2 gong2 do1 go3 dei6 fong1 dou1 hing1 gin3 zo2 fong4 hung1 dung6.
    • Before WWII, the government built air-raid shelters at several locations in Hong Kong.
  4. Cantonese
    战前嘅出生率好低。
    戰前嘅出生率好低。
    zin3 cin4 ge3 ceot1 sang1 leot2 hou2 dai1.
    • The birth rate was very low before the War.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    现在这块绊脚石却要出来垄断胜利果实，要使抗战胜利后的中国仍然回到抗战前的老样子，不许有丝毫的改变。
    現在這塊絆腳石卻要出來壟斷勝利果實，要使抗戰勝利後的中國仍然回到抗戰前的老樣子，不許有絲毫的改變。
    xiàn zài zhè kuài bàn jiǎo shí què yào chū lái lǒng duàn shèng lì guǒ shí ， yào shǐ kàng zhàn shèng lì hòu de zhōng guó réng rán huí dào kàng zhàn qián de lǎo yàng zi ， bù xǔ yǒu sī háo de gǎi biàn ．
    • Now this stumbling-block is coming forward to monopolize the fruits of victory, wants China after victory to relapse into her old pre-war state and does not tolerate the slightest change.