以前
yǐ qiánㄧˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
Sino-Vietnamese: DĨ TIỀN
Traditional: 以前
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Meaning(locality)
before; formerly; previous; ago
Examples
我以前住在胡志明市。
wǒ yǐ qián zhù zài hú zhì míng shì.
I used to live in Ho Chi Minh City.
睡觉以前别喝咖啡。
shuì jiào yǐ qián bié hē kā fēi.
Don't drink coffee before bed.
三年以前，我来到了中国。
sān nián yǐ qián, wǒ lái dào le zhōng guó.
Three years ago, I came to China.
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Stroke order
DĨ · 4 strokes
old variant of 以
TIỀN · 9 strokes
front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly
Related words
- 可以 kě yǐ — can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good
- 所以 suǒ yǐ — therefore; as a result; so; the reason why
- 以后 yǐ hòu — after; later; afterwards; following; later on; in the future
- 以为 yǐ wéi — to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.)
- 以 yǐ — old variant of 以
- 以及 yǐ jí — as well as; too; and
- 以来 yǐ lái — since (a previous event)
- 以往 yǐ wǎng — in the past; formerly