此
前

Before this in Chinese: 此前 (cǐ qián)

cǐ qián

before this

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Definitions

  1. 1before this
  2. 2before then
  3. 3previously

Stroke order

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此
前

Zhuyin

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ㄘˇ

cǐ

ㄘ/ cˇ/ third tone

ㄑㄧㄢˊ

qián

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 此前我从来没有来过这个城市。

    cǐ qián wǒ cóng lái méi yǒu lái guò zhè ge chéng shì。

    I had never been to this city before.

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Related words

前

qián

front

此

cǐ

this

前面

qián miàn

ahead

以前

yǐ qián

before

提前

tí qián

to shift to an earlier date

因此

yīn cǐ

thus

彼此

bǐ cǐ

each other

此外

cǐ wài

besides

从此

cóng cǐ

from now on

从前

cóng qián

previously

目前

mù qián

at the present time

前途

qián tú

prospects

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