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前面

qián miàn

Old HSK 1 HSK 3.0 level 2 2-character word

前面 (qián miàn) means "ahead". It is an HSK 3.0 level 2 word, and was HSK 1 in the old six-level list.

What 前面 means

1. ahead
2. in front
3. preceding
4. above
5. also pr. qián mian

The characters in 前面

• 前qiánfront; forward; ahead
• 面miànface; side; surface

Example sentences

• 前面有危险。
  Danger ahead.
• 在我前面走。
  Walk ahead of me.
• 请到前面来。
  Move up to the front, please.
• 零在一前面。
  Zero comes before one.
• 糟了，前面也有！
  Oh no, there are more straight ahead!
• 不要站在我前面。
  Don't stand in front of me!

Where 前面 is taught

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

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