Read Edit View history 之前 zhīqián HSK4 before Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 之前 zhīqián before preposition Placed after a time or action to mean "before", "prior to", or "ago". 在你之前也有别的人。 zài nǐ zhīqián yě yǒu biéde rén. There were others before you. 今晚之前，一切都很棒。 jīnwǎn zhīqián, yīqiè dōu hěn bàng. Everything was great until tonight. previously adverb Placed at the start of a sentence to refer to the time before what was just mentioned; previously; beforehand. 之前，他是一位渔民。 zhīqián, tā shì yī wèi yúmín. Previously, he was a fisherman. in front of locative Before or in front of a specific place or person. 他们把自己的需要放在别人之前。 tāmen bǎ zìjǐ de xūyào fàng zài biéren zhīqián. They place their own needs before others. Frequency Movie subtitles 452.7 per million appears in 82% of films Written text 176.4 per million Details HSK 3.0 Level 4 Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
之前 zhīqián before preposition Placed after a time or action to mean "before", "prior to", or "ago". 在你之前也有别的人。 zài nǐ zhīqián yě yǒu biéde rén. There were others before you. 今晚之前，一切都很棒。 jīnwǎn zhīqián, yīqiè dōu hěn bàng. Everything was great until tonight. previously adverb Placed at the start of a sentence to refer to the time before what was just mentioned; previously; beforehand. 之前，他是一位渔民。 zhīqián, tā shì yī wèi yúmín. Previously, he was a fisherman. in front of locative Before or in front of a specific place or person. 他们把自己的需要放在别人之前。 tāmen bǎ zìjǐ de xūyào fàng zài biéren zhīqián. They place their own needs before others. Frequency Movie subtitles 452.7 per million appears in 82% of films Written text 176.4 per million Details HSK 3.0 Level 4 Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)