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目前

mù qián

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word

目前 (mù qián) means "at present". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 目前 means

1. at the present time
2. currently

The characters in 目前

• 目mùeye; (literary) to look; to regard; eye (of a net); mesh
• 前qiánfront; forward; ahead

Example sentences

• 目前谁占上风？
  Mùqián shéi zhàn shàngfēng?
  Who has the edge now?
• 他目前住在巴黎。
  He is now staying in Paris.
• 目前我问题很多。
  I have a lot of problems at the moment.
• 目前我待在酒店。
  I am staying at the hotel for the time being.
• 你目前做了很好。
  You've done good work so far.
• 总统目前在迈阿密。
  Zǒngtǒng mùqián zài Mài'āmì.
  The president is presently in Miami.

Words containing 目前

• 到目前为止dào mù qián wéi zhǐuntil now; so far

Where 目前 is taught

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

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• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
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