前

Front in Chinese: 前 (qián)

qián

front

HSK 3.0 Level 11 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1front
  2. 2forward
  3. 3ahead
  4. 4first
  5. 5top (followed by a number)
  6. 6future
  7. 7ago
  8. 8before
  9. 9BC (e.g. 前293年)
  10. 10former
  11. 11formerly

Stroke order

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前

Zhuyin

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ㄑㄧㄢˊ

qián

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 我家前面有一条大路。

    wǒ jiā qián miàn yǒu yì tiáo dà lù。

    There is a big road in front of my house.

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Related words

前面

qián miàn

ahead

以前

yǐ qián

before

提前

tí qián

to shift to an earlier date

从前

cóng qián

previously

目前

mù qián

at the present time

前途

qián tú

prospects

前边

qián bian

front

前天

qián tiān

the day before yesterday

面前

miàn qián

in front of

前年

qián nián

the year before last

前后

qián hòu

around

前进

qián jìn

to go forward

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