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提前 tíqián

提前 tíqián Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 提前 tíqián .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tíqián | ti2 qian2
English translation
to shift to an earlier date
to do sth ahead of time
in advance

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Traditional form

提前 tíqián

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí
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Etymology of 提前 tíqián

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Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shǒu represents the meaning and shì represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

shì

Semantic compound

shǒu

Positional decomposition

扌是

Number of Strokes

12
qián

Explanation

Depicts a boat ( zhōu ) moving ( zhǐ ) forward ( qián ).

Positional decomposition

⿱⿱丷一刖

Number of Strokes

9

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Example sentences using 提前 tíqián

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可以 kěyǐ 提前 tíqián 小时 xiǎoshí liū 出来 chū lái .

I can skive off for a few hours.

我们 wǒmen 努力 nǔlì 工作 gōngzuò ,以期 yǐ qī 活儿 huó r 提前 tíqián gān wán .

We laboured hard to finish our job ahead of schedule.

那个 nà ge lǎn 孩子 háizi yīn 偷窃 tōu qiè 邮票 yóu piào ér zāo 提前 tíqián 开除 kāichú .

The lazy boy anticipated his dismissal by stealing stamps.

由于 yóuyú 今年 jīn nián 气候 qìhòu 暖和 nuǎnhuo ,农夫 nóng fū men zhēng 提前 tíqián zhāi 苹果 píngguǒ .

The farmers are bringing the apples in early this year because of the warm weather.

住宿 zhù sù 从未 cóng wèi 提前 tíqián 安排 ānpái hǎo

Accommodation is never fixed up in advance.

提前 tíqián Decomposition

See the 7 Chinese characters that make up 提前 tíqián and their own compounds.

提前 tíqián Compounds

See all 18 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 提前 tíqián in their composition.

    • qián
      • Jiǎn
        • jiǎn , ,
      • jiàn
      • jiān , qián , jiān , jiān , jiǎn , qián , jiān , , , , , , , zéi
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