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Around in Chinese: 前后 (qián hòu)

qián hòu

around

HSK 3.0 Level 3Traditional: 前後1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1around
  2. 2from beginning to end
  3. 3all around
  4. 4front and rear

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ㄑㄧㄢˊ

qián

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

ㄏㄡˋ

hòu

ㄏ/ hㄡ/ ouˋ/ fourth tone

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Example sentences

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  • 他前后来过这里三次。

    tā qián hòu lái guò zhè lǐ sān cì。

    He has come here three times in all.

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Related words

后

hòu

empress

前

qián

front

后面

hòu mian

the back

前面

qián miàn

ahead

然后

rán hòu

then

以后

yǐ hòu

after

以前

yǐ qián

before

后悔

hòu huǐ

to regret

后来

hòu lái

afterwards

提前

tí qián

to shift to an earlier date

最后

zuì hòu

final

从前

cóng qián

previously

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