前

front; before, ago

No. 90 most used

How it's built

• 月moon, meat
• 刂knife

A way to remember it

A boat (月 was once 舟) cutting (刂) ahead: in front.

Words

• 之前

  zhī qián

  before; prior to; ago
• 以前

  yǐ qián

  before; formerly; previous
• 面前

  miàn qián

  in front of; facing; (in the) presence (of)
• 目前

  mù qián

  at the present time; currently
• 前面

  qián miàn

  ahead; in front; preceding
• 年前

  nián qián

  by the end of the year; at the end of the year; shortly before New Year

Sentences

• 别在我面前再提了！

  bié zài wǒ miàn qián zài tí le

  Don't ever say this in my presence again!
• 意外发生在两年前。

  yì wài fā shēng zài liǎng nián qián

  The accident happened two years ago.
• 我以前从没见过她。

  wǒ yǐ qián cóng méi jiàn guò tā

  Never have I seen her before.
• 我们以前没见过吗？

  wǒ men yǐ qián méi jiàn guò ma

  Haven't we met before?

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How often characters are written: wordfreq by Robyn Speer, CC BY-SA 4.0, with data from Google Books Ngrams and SUBTLEX by Marc Brysbaert and others. Meanings: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sentences: Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. How often they're said: FrequencyWords and OPUS, from OpenSubtitles.