qián

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  • 1

    n.front

    • qián lún

      front wheel

    • shān qián

      in front of the mountain

    • qián mén

      front door

  • 2

    adj.past; former times; ago

    • jǐ nián qián wǒ hái jiàn guò tā

      I have met him a few years ago.

    • qián yī cì wǒ jiè le tā yī běn shū

      I lent a book to him last time.

    • chī fàn qián yào xǐ shǒu

      吃饭洗手

      We should wash our hands before dinner.

  • 3

    adj.former

    • zhè shì qián shì zhǎng

      市长

      This is the former mayor.

    • zhè shì wǒ qián rèn zhàng fu

      丈夫

      This is my ex-husband.

    • zhè shì qián yī rèn xiào zhǎng

      校长

      This is the former principal.

    antonym
  • 4

    adj.future; prospect

    • qián jǐng

      prospects

    • qián chéng

      future

    • qián tú

      prospect

  • 5

    v.infmlmove forward; go ahead

    • yǒng wǎng zhí qián

      go bravely forward

    • cháo qián zǒu

      go straight ahead

  • 6

    adj.preceding; pre-; prior to

    • qián kē xué

      科学

      pre-science

    • qián yī jiē duàn

      阶段

      the preceding stage

  • 7

    adj.first; top

    • qián sān míng

      the first three places

    • qián pái

      front row

    • qián wǔ pái

      the first five rows

Words and phrases with 前

Similar-form characters to 前

Chinese Characters with pinyin qián

  • copper coin; money
  • hide; go underwater
  • qian, one of the Eight Trigrams; male
  • sincere
  • pincers; grip