以前 yǐqián HSK2 before Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 以 yǐ preposition [positional boundary] (bound form) used before words of location or time to indicate a boundary, such as 以后 yǐhòu or 以上 yǐshàng前 qián prepositionlocative before (bound form) ago; before; earlier; previously