日
前

The other day in Chinese: 日前 (rì qián)

rì qián

the other day

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1the other day
  2. 2a few days ago

Stroke order

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日
前

Zhuyin

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ㄖˋ

rì

ㄖ/ rˋ/ fourth tone

ㄑㄧㄢˊ

qián

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 日前，这家公司刚刚发布了新产品。

    rì qián， zhè jiā gōng sī gāng gāng fā bù le xīn chǎn pǐn。

    The other day, this company just released a new product.

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Related words

日

rì

sun

前

qián

front

前面

qián miàn

ahead

生日

shēng rì

birthday

节日

jié rì

holiday

以前

yǐ qián

before

日记

rì jì

diary

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

日常

rì cháng

day-to-day

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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