前
夕

Eve in Chinese: 前夕 (qián xī)

qián xī

eve

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1eve
  2. 2the day before

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前
夕

Zhuyin

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ㄑㄧㄢˊ

qián

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

ㄒㄧ

xī

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ i—/ first tone

Example sentences

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  • 在比赛前夕,大家都很紧张。

    zài bǐ sài qián xī, dà jiā dōu hěn jǐn zhāng。

    On the eve of the competition, everyone was nervous.

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Related words

前

qián

front

前面

qián miàn

ahead

以前

yǐ qián

before

提前

tí qián

to shift to an earlier date

除夕

chú xī

lunar New Year's Eve

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

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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