Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- qián
English
- in front, forward
- front
- front; forward
- ago; before; earlier; used as a suffix
- preceding
- forward
- (spatially or temporally) first; preceding
- prefix to mean "former"; ex-
- ahead
- (of speech and acts) advanced; pioneering; open; trending
- prefix to mean "before of"; two temporal units before
- first
- top (followed by a number)
- future
- ago
- before
- BC (e.g. 前293年)
- former
- formerly
粵語
- 自己面對住嗰邊、向住嘅方向
- 後綴,指過去嘅時間
- 時空上嘅次序行先嘅
- 前任嘅簡稱,用作前綴,意思指之前背負過某個身份,不過而家已經冇
- 言行前衞、開放、領先喺潮流
- 前綴,指兩個時間單位之前
As a component in · 36
Words containing 前
- 目前muk6 cin4
at the present time
- 當前dong1 cin4
the present time
- 提前tai4 cin4
to shift to an earlier date
- 前後cin4 hau6
around
- 前提cin4 tai4
premise
- 前線cin4 sin3
front line
- 前途cin4 tou4
prospects
- 生前sang1 cin4
(of a deceased) during one's life
- 前菜cin4 coi3
appetizer; starter; hors d'oeuvre
- 之前zi1 cin4
before
- 以前ji5 cin4
before
- 前排cin4 paai2
front row
- 前往cin4 wong5
to leave for; to proceed towards; to go to
- 面前min6 cin4
in front of
- 前人cin4 jan4
predecessor
- 前年cin4 nin2
the year before last
- 前日cin4 jat6
day before yesterday
- 前進cin4 zeon3
to go forward
- 前面cin4 min6
ahead
- 日前jat6 cin4
the other day
- 眼前ngaan5 cin4
before one's eyes
- 前來cin4 loi4
to come (formal)
- 前因cin4 jan1
antecedents
- 前者cin4 ze2
the former (i.e. the one mentioned first)