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先前 xiānqián

先前 xiānqián Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 2 English Translations of the word 先前 xiānqián .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiānqián | xian1 qian2
English translation
before
previously

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Traditional form

先前 xiānqián

Part of speech

Time word / 时间词 Shíjiān cí
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Etymology of 先前 xiānqián

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xiān

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Depicts a person ( rén ) stepping forward ( zhǐ ) leading the way.

Positional decomposition

⿱⿰?土儿

Number of Strokes

6
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 先前 xiānqián

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先前 xiānqián 咱们 zámen 山区 shān qū 很穷.

Previously our mountain area [ region ] is poor and impoverised.

然后 ránhòu ,杀生 shā shēng wán 明白 míngbai le Wēi 先前 xiānqián de 担心 dānxīn .

Then he remembers what Kagome was pestering him about earlier.

先前 xiānqián 检查 jiǎnchá Guò de 那些 nà xiē 口袋 kǒu dài 又查 le 一遍 yī biàn 毫无 háowú 收获 shōuhuò

Uselessly, he checked the same pockets he'd checked before.

试图 shìtú jiāng 先前 xiānqián de 境遇 jìng yù Cóng 大脑 dà nǎo Zhōng

I was trying to blank out previous situations from my mind.

昨天 zuótiān de 投票 tóupiào 本身 běnshēn 就是 jiù shì 放弃 fàngqì 先前 xiānqián suǒ 留退路 de 做法 zuò fǎ

Yesterday'svote itself was a retreat from an earlier fallback position.

先前 xiānqián Decomposition

See the 6 Chinese characters that make up 先前 xiānqián and their own compounds.

先前 xiānqián Compounds

See all 56 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 先前 xiānqián in their composition.

  • xiān
    • zàn
      • zuān , zǎn , zàn , zàn , zuǎn , , , , zǎn , , , , , , , , zàn , , ,
    • xuǎn , xiàn , , xiān , xiǎn , shēn , shēn , xiǎn , xiǎn , shēn , xiǎn , , , , , ,
  • qián
    • Jiǎn
      • jiǎn , ,
    • jiàn
    • jiān , qián , jiān , jiān , jiǎn , qián , jiān , , , , , , , zéi
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