前

qián · qian

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. front
  2. forward
  3. ahead
  4. first
  5. top (followed by a number)
  6. future
  7. ago
  8. before
  9. BC (e.g. 前293年)
  10. former
  11. formerly

In a sentence

2 examples
01

睡(shuì)觉(jiào)前(qián)我(wǒ)吃(chī)了(le)三(sān)片(piàn)药(yào)来(lái)治(zhì)疗(liáo)感(gǎn)冒(mào)。

Before going to bed, I took three pills to stop a cold.

Tatoeba: Chinese by wzhd · English by monahxo · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

在(zài)你(nǐ)意(yì)识(shí)到(dào)你(nǐ)的(de)错(cuò)误(wù)前(qián),我(wǒ)都(dōu)不(bú)会(huì)和(hé)你(nǐ)说(shuō)话(huà)。

I won't talk to you until you've realized your mistake.

Tatoeba: Chinese by egg0073 · English by garborg · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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