前科 qiánkē criminal record Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents qiánkē criminal record 前 qián prepositionlocative before (bound form) ago; before; earlier; previously科 kē to sentence to mete out a punishment; to levy a tax or fineqiánkē previous imperial examination 前 qián adjectivenumeral first (bound form) first; preceding; top; leading. Used for ranks, lists, or the initial part of a sequence.科 kē imperial examination (bound form) imperial examination; categories or years of the examination system