前天
qián tiānㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄊㄧㄢ
Sino-Vietnamese: TIỀN THIÊN
Traditional: 前天
HSK 3.0 · 3TOCFL 1
Meaning(time word, noun)
the day before yesterday
前天 – 昨天 – 今天 – 明天 – 后天.
Examples
我前天去看电影了。
wǒ qián tiān qù kàn diàn yǐng le.
I went to the movies the day before yesterday.
前天的会你参加了吗?
qián tiān de huì nǐ cān jiā le ma?
Did you attend the meeting the day before yesterday?
他前天就到北京了。
tā qián tiān jiù dào běi jīng le.
He arrived in Beijing two days ago.
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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
THIÊN · 4 strokes
day; sky; heaven
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