前 qián

1. qián adjective front
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 前面 'front' in terms of phyiscal position (ABC 'qián' 前 bf; Guoyu '前' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '前' 1, p. 361; Mathews 1931 '前', p. 126; NCCED '前' 2; Unihan '前')
2. qián noun former; the past
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
   Notes: For example, 前所未有 'never happened in the past, i.e. unprecedented' (CCI '前所未有'; Kroll 2015 '前' 2, p. 361; Mathews 1931 '前', p. 126; NCCED '前' 3; Unihan '前').
3. qián verb to go forward
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '前' 1a; NCCED '前'; Unihan '前')
4. qián adjective preceding
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: (ABC 'qián' 前 attr 1; NCCED '前' 5)
5. qián adjective before; earlier; prior
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
   Notes: (ABC 'qián' 前 attr 2; Kroll 2015 '前' 2, p. 361; Mathews 1931 '前', p. 126; NCCED '前' 4; Unihan '前')
6. qián verb to appear before
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '前' 1b, p. 361)
7. qián noun future
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
   Notes: (NCCED '前' 6)
8. qián noun top; first
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (ABC 'qián' 前 attr 1; NCCED '前' 7)
9. qián noun battlefront
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Military
   Notes: (NCCED '前' 8)
10. qián prefix pre-
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: For example, 前总统 'former president' (ABC 'qián' 前 pref)

Contained in

• 前房角 anterior chamber (the front chamber of the eye)
• 前翅 front wing (of insect)
• 前照灯(前照燈) (vehicle) headlight
• 前置词(前置詞) preposition
• 提前起爆 fizzle (atomic bomb misfire); preinitiation
• 雨前茶 Hyson tea; young tea leaves
• 前缀(前綴) prefix
• 前清 Qing dynasty
• 前半晌 morning
• 前边(前邊) front
• 痛改前非 completely correcting one's former misdeeds; to repent past mistakes and turn over a new leaf
• 前胃 proventriculus; forestomach
• 前半天儿(前半天兒) morning
• 舌尖前音 alveolar
• 前肢 forelimb; foreleg
• 日前 a few days ago; the other day
• 早前 previously
• 午前 morning; a.m.
• 好前程 a bright future
• 前端 front; front end; forward part of sth
• 朝前 facing forwards
• 前防 frontline
• 空前未有 unprecedented
• 前后文(前後文) context; the surrounding words
• 向前翻腾(向前翻騰) forward somersault
• 前田 Maeda
• 前缘未了(前緣未了) one's predestined fate is yet to be fulfilled
• 前赴 go to
• 前烈 worthy people from former times ; the achievements of ancient worthies
• 前戏(前戲) foreplay
• 前信号灯(前信號燈) car front indicator
• 前定 to arrange in advance
• 跟前人 consort; concubine
• 前因 antecedent
• 大前提 major premise
• 关公面前耍大刀(關公面前耍大刀) to wield the broadsword in the presence of Lord Guan
• 近前 to come close; to get near to; front
• 前日 day before yesterday; formerly
• 前胸 chest; breast
• 子癫前症(子癲前症) pre-eclampsia, toxaemia of pregnancy
• 在此之前 before this; beforehand; previously
• 前清末造 the final years of the Qing dynasty
• 前一向 lately; in the recent past
• 当前(當前) to be facing (us) ; present
• 公元前 Before the Common Era (BCE)
• 鞍前马后(鞍前馬後) the saddle before the horse; officious
• 台前 Taiqian ; front of the stage
• 巴前算后(巴前算後) thinking and pondering; to turn something over in one's mind; to consider repeatedly
• 前边儿(前邊兒) front
• 纪元前(紀元前) before the common era (BCE)

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前将军

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷17　志第12 律曆中 Volume 17 Treatises 12: Measures and the Calendar 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 172
• 卷七十　　志第二十一: 　禮樂四 Volume 70 Treatises 23: Rites and Music 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 144
• 卷六十七　志第十八: 　禮樂一 Volume 67 Treatises 20: Rites and Music 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 115
• 卷18　志第13 律曆下 Volume 18 Treatises 13: Measures and the Calendar 3 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 100
• 卷一百二十一 志第七十四 禮二十四 Volume 121 Treatises 74: Rites 24 History of Song 宋史 — count: 94
• 卷七十三　志第二十四: 　祭祀二 Volume 73 Treatises 26: Offerings 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 92
• 卷三十三 志第十三: 曆二 Volume 33 Treatises 13: Calendar 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 82
• 卷七十六　志第二十七上: 祭祀五 Volume 76 Treatises 29: Offerings 5 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 75
• 卷三十四 志第十四: 曆三 Volume 34 Treatises 14: Calendar 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 70
• 卷一百〇五 表第六 功臣世表一 Volume 105 Tables 6: Ministers with Outstanding Service 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 68

Collocations

• 阶前 (階前) 主人坐奠爵于階前 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 鄉飲酒禮 第四 4. Rites of the district symposium — count: 27
• 筵前 (筵前) 賔筵前坐 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 士冠禮 第一 1. Capping rites for (the son of) a common officer — count: 18
• 席前 (席前) 掃席前曰拚 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《少儀》 Smaller Rules of Demeanour — count: 15
• 前北面 (前北面) 殯前北面 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曾子問》 The Questions of Zeng-zi — count: 9
• 祝前 (祝前) 祝前尸 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 士虞禮 第十四 14. Post burial rites for a common officer — count: 7
• 君前 (君前) 君前臣名也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 7
• 阼阶前 (阼階前) 主人阼階前西面坐奠爵 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 鄉射禮 第五 5. Rites of the district archery meet — count: 6
• 前王 (前王) 於乎前王不忘 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 周頌‧清廟之什‧烈文 Sacrificial odes of Zhou - Decade Of Qing Miao - Lie Wen — count: 5
• 马前 (馬前) 申犀稽首於王之馬前 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 5
• 前坐 (前坐) 賔筵前坐 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 士冠禮 第一 1. Capping rites for (the son of) a common officer — count: 4