往前 wǎngqián ahead Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents wǎngqián ahead 往 wǎng preposition toward toward or in the direction of; used to indicate the physical direction of an action or movement前 qián locativenoun front (bound form) front; forward; ahead; facing direction. Use 前边 qiánbian or 前面 qiánmiàn for the standalone noun.wǎngqián the past 往 wǎng nounadverb past (bound form) past or previous; referring to times or events that have already happened前 qián prepositionlocative before (bound form) ago; before; earlier; previouslywǎngqián to go further 往 wǎng preposition toward toward or in the direction of; used to indicate the physical direction of an action or movement前 qián verb to move forward (bound form) to advance; to proceed; to move forward.wǎngqián the future 往 wǎng preposition toward toward or in the direction of; used to indicate the physical direction of an action or movement前 qián noun future (bound form) future; prospects; ahead. Used in words describing what is to come.