粵

前cin4年nin2

cin4 nin2qián nián

English

  1. the year before last
  2. the year before last; two years ago

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 舊年嘅上一年;兩年前

Examples

  • 我由前年開始儲錢,到而家都未買得起架車。

    I've started saving money since the year before last, but it's still not enough to buy a car.

  • 當長吉隨便諗起今年同上年、上年同前年,同埋之後好多年嘅類似冬天,佢清楚噉經歷咗人哋隨住年紀增長係點樣失去幸福。

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  • 我大前年死了個朋友。

    Two years before last, a friend of mine died.

    Tatoeba · DaoSeng CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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