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事先

shì xiān

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

事先 (shì xiān) means "in advance; beforehand". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 事先 means

1. in advance
2. before the event
3. beforehand
4. prior

How 事先 is used in grammar

事先 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.

• Degree, Scope and Time Adverbs (HSK 6)

The characters in 事先

• 事shìmatter; thing; item
• 先xiānbeforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now

Example sentences

• 你必须事先预约。
  You have to make a reservation.

Words starting with 事先

• 事先通知shì xiān tōng zhīpreliminary notification; to announce in advance

Where 事先 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Practice, Implementation & Achievement (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shì xiān correctly.
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