眼
前

Before one's eyes in Chinese: 眼前 (yǎn qián)

yǎn qián

before one's eyes

HSK 3.0 Level 31 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1before one's eyes
  2. 2now
  3. 3at present

Stroke order

Watch how to write 眼前 stroke by stroke.

眼
前

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

Learn how to read Zhuyin

ㄧㄢˇ

yǎn

ㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˇ/ third tone

ㄑㄧㄢˊ

qián

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

See 眼前 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 眼前的风景真美。

    yǎn qián de fēng jǐng zhēn měi。

    The scenery before my eyes is beautiful.

Spotted a mistake?

Related words

前

qián

front

眼

yǎn

eye

前面

qián miàn

ahead

眼睛

yǎn jing

eye

眼镜

yǎn jìng

spectacles

以前

yǐ qián

before

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

前边

qián bian

front

前天

qián tiān

the day before yesterday

Appears in

HSK 3.0 Level 3 vocabulary list

Learn 眼前 with spaced repetition

Add 眼前 (yǎn qián) to your review queue and the FSRS algorithm will schedule it exactly when you're about to forget — then meet it again in a short AI-generated story written at your level.

Start learning free

No credit card required · Free tier included