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之前

zhīqián

before

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Meaning of 之前 in English

zhīqiánHSK 4nounSyllabus #1943
  1. before
  2. prior to
  3. ago
  4. previously
  5. beforehand

Example sentences

  1. 她在我到達之前去世了。
    tā zài wǒ dào dá zhī qián qù shì le。
    She had died before I arrived.
    Tatoeba #924325 by Martha · #930451 by miry · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 你觉得我之前在做什么？
    nǐ jué de wǒ zhī qián zài zuò shén me？
    What do you think I've been doing?
    Tatoeba #335037 by fucongcong · #1460 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 我天黑之前到达了村庄。
    wǒ tiān hēi zhī qián dào dá le cūn zhuāng。
    I arrived at the village before dark.
    Tatoeba #336106 by fucongcong · #336059 by killer4o · CC BY 2.0 FR

Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

之 on its own →
zhī · (possessive particle, literary equivalen

HSK words with 之

之HSK 4之后HSK 4之间HSK 4之中HSK 4总之HSK 5之所以HSK 6反之HSK 7–9加之HSK 7–9之际HSK 7–9不正之风HSK 7–9
前 on its own →
qián · front

HSK words with 前

前HSK 1前面HSK 2面前HSK 3前年HSK 3前天HSK 3以前HSK 3目前HSK 4前方HSK 4前后HSK 4提前HSK 4

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences