面前 (miàn qián): meaning and stroke order
面前 (miàn qián) means in front of, facing, (in the) presence (of).
面前
- Simplified
- 面前
- Traditional
- 面前 (same form)
- Pinyin
- miàn qián
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Stroke order of 面前
面
- miàn face; side
- miàn variant of 麵|面[mian4]
- miàn flour; noodles
- 9 strokes
- Traditional form: 麪
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前
- qián front; forward
- 9 strokes
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Meaning of 面前
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miàn qián
- in front of
- facing
- (in the) presence (of)
Radicals of the characters
- 面
- Radical 面 (Kangxi radical 176) · 9 strokes · 丆 on top, 囬 below
- 前
- Radical 刀 (Kangxi radical 18) · 9 strokes · 䒑 on top, 刖 below
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
面前 in our stories
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两个月以后，秦雯在大家面前一口气做了八个。
liǎng gè yuè yǐhòu Qín Wén zài dàjiā miànqián yìkǒuqì zuò le bā gè
Two months later, in front of everyone, Qin Wen did eight in a row.
From the story Pull-ups HSK 4
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半夜，他被一阵轻轻的脚步声吵醒，一个穿白衣服的姑娘端着一杯茶站在他面前。
bànyè tā bèi yí zhèn qīngqīng de jiǎobùshēng chǎoxǐng yí gè chuān bái yīfu de gūniang duān zhe yì bēi chá zhàn zài tā miànqián
At midnight he was woken by soft footsteps: a girl in white stood before him holding a cup of tea.
From the story The girl in the painting HSK 5
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午饭的时候，苏菲端着一碗汤圆走到奶奶面前，用刚学的温州话说了一句：“阿婆，吃汤圆，甜甜蜜蜜。”
wǔfàn de shíhou Sūfēi duān zhe yì wǎn tāngyuán zǒu dào nǎinai miànqián yòng gāng xué de Wēnzhōuhuà shuō le yí jù āpó chī tāngyuán tiántián-mìmì
At lunch Sophie carried a bowl of dumplings to Grandma and said in her newly learned Wenzhou dialect, "Granny, have some tangyuan. Sweet as honey."
From the story An old bracelet HSK 6
Stories using 面前
- Pull-ups HSK 4
- The girl in the painting HSK 5
- An old bracelet HSK 6
- The tale of the black basin HSK 7–9 · Level 7
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).