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前

qián

HSK 1 Character

What 前 means

1. front
2. forward
3. ahead
4. first
5. top (followed by a number)
6. future
7. ago
8. before
9. BC (e.g. 前293年)
10. former
11. formerly

Example sentences

• 前进！
  March on!
• 往前开。
  Wǎng qián kāi.
  Drive on.
• 不久前。
  Bùjiǔqián.
  Recently.
• 饭前洗手
  Wash your hands before each meal.
• 撤回前言。
  Chèhuí qiányán.
  I take back everything I said.
• 多久以前？
  How long ago was that?

Words starting with 前

• 前面qián miànahead; in front; preceding
• 前途qián túprospects; future outlook; journey
• 前提qián típremise; precondition; prerequisite
• 前景qián jǐngforeground; vista; (future) prospects
• 前往qián wǎngto leave for; to proceed towards; to go to
• 前后qián hòuaround; from beginning to end; all around
• 前进qián jìnto go forward; to forge ahead; to advance
• 前来qián láito come (formal); before; previously
• 前方qián fāngahead; the front
• 前几天qián jǐ tiāna few days ago; a few days before; the past few days
• 前者qián zhěthe former (i.e. the one mentioned first)
• 前天qián tiānthe day before yesterday
• 前一天qián yī tiānthe day before (an event)
• 前线qián xiànfront line; military front; workface
• 前边qián bianfront; the front side; in front of
• 前行qián xíng(literary) to go forward
• 前夕qián xīeve; the day before
• 前辈qián bèisenior; older generation; precursor
• 前期qián qīpreceding period; early stage
• 前所未有qián suǒ wèi yǒu(idiom) unprecedented
• 前不久qián bù jiǔnot long ago; not long before
• 前卫qián wèiadvanced guard; vanguard; avant-garde
• 前门qián ménfront door; main entrance; honest and upright approach…
• 前世qián shìprevious life; former incarnation

Words containing 前

• 以前yǐ qiánbefore; formerly; previous
• 目前mù qiánat the present time; currently
• 之前zhī qiánbefore; prior to; ago
• 面前miàn qiánin front of; facing; (in the) presence (of)
• 提前tí qiánto shift to an earlier date; to do sth ahead of time; in advance
• 从前cóng qiánpreviously; formerly; once upon a time
• 眼前yǎn qiánbefore one's eyes; now; at present
• 当前dāng qiánthe present time; to be faced with
• 跟前gēn qiánthe front (of); (in) front; (in) sb's presence
• 先前xiān qiánbefore; previously
• 锦绣前程jǐn xiù qián chéngbright future; bright prospects
• 空前绝后kōng qián jué hòuunprecedented and never to be duplicated; the first and the last; unmatched
• 向前xiàng qiánforward; onward
• 门前mén qiánin front of the door
• 往前wǎng qián(in) the past; ahead; forward; in the future
• 上前shàng qiánto advance; to step forward
• 日前rì qiánthe other day; a few days ago
• 胸前xiōng qián(on the) chest; bosom
• 此前cǐ qiánbefore this; before then; previously
• 生前shēng qián(of a deceased) during one's life; while living
• 不久前bù jiǔ qiánnot long ago
• 公元前gōng yuán qiánBCE (before the Common Era); BC (before Christ)
• 空前kōng qiánunprecedented
• 名列前茅míng liè qián máoto rank among the best

Characters that look like 前

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 莉lìused in 茉莉; used in the transliteration of female names
• 酋qiútribal chief
• 苗miáosprout
• 茵yīnmattress
• 圃pǔgarden; orchard
• 窈yǎo(literary) deep; profound; dim (variant of 杳

Sounds the same

Read qián, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 钱coin; money; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 两
• 潜hidden; secret; latent
• 乾one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦; male principle; ☰
• 黔(literary) black; to blacken
• 钳pincers; pliers; tongs
• 荨used in 荨麻; also pr. xún
• 虔to act with reverence; reverent
• 掮to carry on the shoulder
• 箝pliers; pincers; to clamp
• 钤latch of door; seal
• 揵carry
• 拑pliers; pincers; to clamp