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之前

zhīqián
nounHSK 4

“Before” in Chinese is 之前 (zhīqián).

Meaning

  • before
  • prior to
  • ago
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  • previously
  • beforehand

Example

六点之前要回家。

Come home before six.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

zhīHSK 43 strokes(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])qiánHSK 19 strokesfront

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Not to be confused with: 值钱 (zhíqián, valuable)