前 (qián)
front/forward/before/ago
How 前 is written
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 丷 — eight/divide
- Traditional
- 前
- Simplified
- 前 (unchanged)
Common words using 前
- 之前 zhīqián
- before; prior to; ago
- 以前 yǐqián
- before; formerly; previous
- 前世 qiánshì
- previous generations; previous incarnation (Buddhism)
- 前來 qiánlái
- to come (formal); before; previously
- 前夕 qiánxī
- eve; the day before
- 前夜 qiányè
- the eve; the night before
- 前天 qiántiān
- the day before yesterday
- 前妻 qiánqī
- ex-wife
- 前年 qiánnián
- the year before last
- 前往 qiánwǎng
- to leave for; to proceed towards; to go
- 前後 qiánhòu
- around; from beginning to end; all around
- 前所未有 qiánsuǒwèiyǒu
- unprecedented
前 in a sentence
郵局就在便利商店的前面。
Yóujú jiù zài biànlì shāngdiàn de qiánmiàn.
“The post office is right in front of the convenience store.”
How common is 前?
前 is the 93rd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 40.4% of all running text.
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