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此前 (cǐ qián): Meaning, Examples & Usage

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此前 (cǐ qián): Before this (Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

此前 consists of 2 characters.

front, forward, ahead, before

Word Info

Pinyincǐ qián

Meaningbefore this

Characters2

HSK 2.0—

HSK 3.0Level 5

SyntaxNoun

Word此前

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3.

Example Sentences with 此前

cǐ此

qián前

，

wǒ我

cóng从

wèi未

tīng听

shuō说

guò过

zhè这

ge个

xiāo消

xi息

。

Before this, I had never heard this news.

tā他

cóng从

wèi未

jīng经

lì历

guò过

rú如

cǐ此

qián前

suǒ

所

wèi未

yǒu有

de的

gū孤

dú独

gǎn感

。

He has never experienced such an unprecedented sense of loneliness.

Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 此前.

Words with 此

因此yīn cǐHSK 4
此次cǐ cìHSK 4
从此cóng cǐHSK 5
如此rú cǐHSK 5
彼此bǐ cǐHSK 5
此后cǐ hòuHSK 5
此外cǐ wàiHSK 5
此时cǐ shíHSK 5

Words with 前

前面qián miànHSK 1
以前yǐ qiánHSK 3
前天qián tiānHSK 3
前年qián niánHSK 3
面前miàn qiánHSK 3
之前zhī qiánHSK 4
前后qián hòuHSK 4
前方

qián fāng

HSK 4