前后
qián hòuㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄡˋ
Sino-Vietnamese: TIỀN HẬU
Traditional: 前後
HSK 3.0 · 4TOCFL 5
Meaning(locality)
around; from beginning to end; all around; front and rear
Examples
春节前后机票很贵。
chūn jié qián hòu jī piào hěn guì.
Plane tickets are expensive around Spring Festival.
这本书他前后写了五年。
zhè běn shū tā qián hòu xiě le wǔ nián.
It took him five years from start to finish to write this book.
房子前后都有树。
fáng zi qián hòu dōu yǒu shù.
There are trees in front of and behind the house.
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Stroke order
TIỀN · 9 strokes
front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly
HẬU · 6 strokes
surname Hou
Related words
- 前面 qián miàn — ahead; in front; preceding; above; also pr. [qián mian]
- 以前 yǐ qián — before; formerly; previous; ago
- 提前 tí qián — to shift to an earlier date; to do sth ahead of time; in advance
- 目前 mù qián — at the present time; currently
- 前途 qián tú — prospects; future outlook; journey
- 从前 cóng qián — previously; formerly; once upon a time
- 前提 qián tí — premise; precondition; prerequisite
- 当前 dāng qián — the present time; to be faced with