(bound form) front; forward; ahead; facing direction. Use 前边 qián​bian or 前面 qián​miàn for the standalone noun.

(bound form) the outer wall of a city; the area between an inner and outer wall

(literary) the second-person pronoun "you" or "your"

(bound form) a net used for catching birds; to catch with a net

(bound form) used in the transcription of foreign names and words; for example, used for the "s" or "ce" sound in names like "Charles"

the Mongolian people; the Mongol ethnic minority, primarily residing in Inner Mongolia and neighboring provinces of China as well as in Mongolia

an administrative division in China for ethnic minorities that is equivalent in rank to a regular county