前
不
久

Not long ago in Chinese: 前不久 (qián bù jiǔ)

qián bù jiǔ

not long ago

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1not long ago
  2. 2not long before

Stroke order

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前
不
久

Zhuyin

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ㄑㄧㄢˊ

qián

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

ㄅㄨˋ

bù

ㄅ/ bㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

ㄐㄧㄡˇ

jiǔ

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄡ/ ouˇ/ third tone

Example sentences

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  • 前不久我还在路上见过他。

    qián bù jiǔ wǒ hái zài lù shang jiàn guò tā。

    Not long ago I still saw him on the street.

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Related words

不

bù

no

久

jiǔ

(long) time

前

qián

front

前面

qián miàn

ahead

以前

yǐ qián

before

不但

bù dàn

not only (... but also ...)

不管

bù guǎn

not to be concerned

不过

bù guò

only

不仅

bù jǐn

not just

提前

tí qián

to shift to an earlier date

不安

bù ān

unpeaceful

不必

bù bì

need not

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