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预先

yù xiān

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 預先

预先 (yù xiān) means "beforehand; in advance". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 预先 means

1. beforehand; in advance

The characters in 预先

• 预yùto advance; in advance; beforehand
• 先xiānbeforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now

Example sentences

• 您必须预先付钱。
  Nín bìxū yùxiān fùqián.
  You must pay in advance.
• 凡事要预先准备好。
  Fánshì yào yùxiān zhǔnbèi hǎo.
  Forewarned is forearmed.

Where 预先 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · yù (HSK 6), 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 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yù xiān correctly.
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